An outbreak of community-acquired foodborne illness caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2002-01, Vol.8 (1), p.82-84
Main Authors: Jones, Timothy F, Kellum, Molly E, Porter, Susan S, Bell, Michael, Schaffner, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Causes of
Communicable diseases
community-acquired
Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology
Disease Outbreaks
Disease transmission
Feces - microbiology
Food Handling - standards
Food Microbiology
foodborne
Foodborne diseases
Gastroenteritis - drug therapy
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - microbiology
Gastrointestinal diseases
Humans
Meat - microbiology
Methicillin - pharmacology
Methicillin Resistance
methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - drug therapy
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
Swine
United States
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are increasingly community acquired. We investigated an outbreak in which a food handler, food specimen, and three ill patrons were culture positive for the same toxin-producing strain of MRSA. This is the first report of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by community-acquired MRSA.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0801.010174