Euro Surveill. ST93-Queensland community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in France: outbreak in a scout camp and sporadic ca

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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 44, 01 November 2012

Rapid communications

ST93-Queensland community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in France: outbreak in a scout camp and sporadic cases, July to August 2012

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T X Nhan ()<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, M Bes<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, H Meugnier<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, L Toko<SUP>4</SUP>, G Julienne<SUP>5</SUP>, J M Thiolet<SUP>6</SUP>, C Tillier<SUP>7</SUP>, S Tessier<SUP>7</SUP>, J Baverel<SUP>8</SUP>, B Conscience<SUP>8</SUP>, J P Lavigne<SUP>9</SUP>, F Laurent<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP><SUP>,10</SUP>, J Etienne<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, F Vandenesch<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, A Tristan<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>

1. Centre National de R?f?rence des Staphylocoques, Centre de biologie et de pathologie Est, Lyon, France
2. Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de biologie et de pathologie Est, Laboratoire de Bact?riologie, Bron, France
3. Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale (INSERM) U851, Lyon, France
4. Centre Hospitalier Belfort-Montb?liard, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Belfort, France
5. Centre Hospitalier Belfort-Montb?liard, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Belfort, France
6. French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), D?partement des maladies infectieuses, Saint-Maurice, France
7. Agence r?gionale de sant? de Bourgogne, Cellule de l' Institut de Veille Sanitaire en R?gions Bourgogne et Franche-Comt?, Dijon, France
8. Agence r?gionale de sant? de Franche-Comt?, Besan?on, France
9. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de N?mes, Laboratoire de bact?riologie, N?mes, France
10. Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de biologie nord, Laboratoire de Bact?riologie, Lyon, France

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Citation style for this article: Nhan TX, Bes M, Meugnier H, Toko L, Julienne G, Thiolet JM, Tillier C, Tessier S, Baverel J, Conscience B, Lavigne JP, Laurent F, Etienne J, Vandenesch F, Tristan A. ST93-Queensland community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in France: outbreak in a scout camp and sporadic cases, July to August 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(44)ii=20307. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20307
Date of submission: 12 October 2012 <HR>We describe the occurrence in France of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST93 clone, a predominant community-acquired (CA)-MRSA in Australia. In July to August 2012, an outbreak in a scout camp (n=3) and sporadic cases (n=2) of skin and soft tissue infections were reported. Investigations suggested importation of the clone through travel and onward transmission. This illustrates the epidemic potential of this lineage and the role of travellers in the spread of PVL-positive CA-MRSA.
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