An outbreak of staphylococcal skin infections among river rafting guides

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1986
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Abstract
Outbreaks of staphylococcal skin infections among healthy adults are most unusual. The authors report an epidemic of skin infections due to Staphylococcus aureus that involved river rafting guides in Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina in summer 1982. Infections occurred only among employe …
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Authors Decker MD;Lybarger JA;Vaughn WK;Hutcheson RH;Schaffner W;;
Journal american journal of epidemiology
Year 1986
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3776979
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male adolescent Skin Diseases staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification staphylococcal infections / epidemiology* cellulitis / epidemiology* skin / injuries epidemiologic methods w schaffner disease outbreaks / epidemiology* infectious / epidemiology* cellulitis / etiology staphylococcal infections / etiology pmid:3776979 doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114486 m d decker j a lybarger crowding* occupational diseases / epidemiology* infectious / etiology tennessee water*

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