TY - GEN T1 - Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010 AU - Dudareva, Sandra AU - Barth, A. AU - Paeth, K. AU - Krenz-Weinreich, A. AU - Layer, Franziska AU - Deleré, Yvonne AU - Eckmanns, Tim AB - 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. KW - Adolescent KW - Humans KW - Female KW - Germany KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Animals KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods KW - Methicillin Resistance KW - Contact Tracing KW - Young Adult KW - Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology KW - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification KW - Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology KW - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics KW - Bacterial Toxins/isolation & purification KW - Community-Acquired Infections/transmission KW - Exotoxins/isolation & purification KW - Furunculosis/diagnosis KW - Leukocidins/isolation & purification KW - Molecular Typing KW - Nose/microbiology KW - Refugees KW - Somalia/ethnology KW - Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis KW - Staphylococcal Infections/ethnology KW - 610 Medizin PY - 2011 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie VL - 16 IS - 4 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/739 ER -