Fatal Septicemia Linked to Transmission of MRSA Clonal Complex 398 in Hospital and Nursing Home, Denmark.

Authors :: Nielsen RT
Kemp M
Holm A
Skov MN
Detlefsen M
Hasman H
Aarestrup FM
Kaas RS
Nielsen JB
Westh H
Kolmos HJ
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2016 May; Vol. 22 (5), pp. 900-2.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: We describe 2 fatal cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal complex 398 septicemia in persons who had no contact with livestock. Whole-genome sequencing of the isolated MRSA strains strongly suggest that both were of animal origin and that the patients had been infected through 2 independent person-to-person transmission chains.

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