Epidemic spread of a single clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among injection drug users in Zurich, Switzerland

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2001
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Abstract
We describe an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among injection drug users (IDUs). From August 1994 through December 1999, we registered 31 IDUs with MRSA infections (12 with soft-tissue infection, 7 with pneumonia [fatal in 1], 7 with endocarditis [fatal in 1], 2 with …
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Authors Fleisch F;Zbinden R;Vanoli C;Ruef C;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2001
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male microbial sensitivity tests staphylococcal infections / microbiology staphylococcus aureus / genetics* substance abuse disease outbreaks* staphylococcal infections / epidemiology* staphylococcus aureus / drug effects* anti-bacterial agents / pharmacology prevalence methicillin resistance / genetics* intravenous / complications* staphylococcus aureus / classification pmid:11181121 doi:10.1086/318716 f fleisch r zbinden c ruef carrier state / microbiology switzerland / epidemiology

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