Journal article
Community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a women's collegiate basketball team
Southern medical journal, Vol.101(10), pp.1067-1068
10/2008
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318186b81c
PMID: 18791502
Abstract
Community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are becoming increasingly frequent, and cutaneous disease with this organism is often seen in otherwise healthy organized sports participants. A case of CA-MRSA skin and soft tissue infection in a female collegiate basketball player is presented, and screening and management of her team is discussed. Interestingly, multiple MRSA strains were discovered on testing of the team, raising concern that the prevalence of colonization in this population may be high.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a women's collegiate basketball team
- Creators
- Michael P Stevens - Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0509, USA. mstevens2@mcvh-vcu.eduGonzalo BearmanAdriana RosatoMichael Edmond
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Southern medical journal, Vol.101(10), pp.1067-1068
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318186b81c
- PMID
- 18791502
- ISSN
- 0038-4348
- eISSN
- 1541-8243
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2008
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905641602771
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