A High-Morbidity Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Players on a College Football Team, Facilitated by Cosmetic Body Shaving and Turf Burns

Begier, Elizabeth; Frenette, K.; L. Barrett, Nancy; Mshar, P.; Petit, Susan; Boxrud, David; Watkins-Colwell, K.; Wheeler, Sarah; Cebelinski, Elizabeth; Glennen, Anita; Nguyen, Dao; L. Hadler, James; Connecticut Bioterrorism Field Epidemiology Response Team, The

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A High-Morbidity Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Players on a College Football Team, Facilitated by Cosmetic Body Shaving and Turf Burns

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Nov 2, 2004

Authors:

Elizabeth Begier

K. Frenette

Nancy L. Barrett

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Athletics-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have become a high-profile national problem with substantial morbidity. METHODS: To investigate an MRSA outbreak involving a college football team, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of all 100 play...

Subject

Medicine

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Outbreak

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