Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 16; no. 4; p. 1
• Main Authors: Dudareva, S, Barth, A, Paeth, K, Krenz-Weinreich, A, Layer, F, Delere, Y, Eckmanns, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 27.01.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Bacterial Toxins - isolation & purification; Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology; Community-Acquired Infections - transmission; Contact Tracing; Drug resistance; Exotoxins - isolation & purification; Female; Furunculosis - diagnosis; Germany; Humans; Leukocidins - isolation & purification; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical screening; Methicillin Resistance; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Middle Aged; Molecular Typing; Nose - microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Refugees; Somalia - ethnology; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - ethnology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus infections; Young Adult; Somalia; Germany; Schleswig-Holstein Germany
• ISSN: 1560-7917; 1025-496X; 1560-7917
• DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.04.19777-en

In an asylum seeker centre in Schleswig-Holstein, a resident was diagnosed with furuncle caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidine (PVL)-positive community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). As a result of active case finding, 232 of 427 persons (54% of all residents) were screened for MRSA and two further PVL-positive CA-MRSA cases were identified