British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol 32, Issue 2 153-154, Copyright © 1998 by British Association of Sport and Medicine

An outbreak of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a rugby football team

AR Stacey, KE Endersby, PC Chan and RR Marples
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, United Kingdom.

Outbreaks of infection caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus are common in hospitals and nursing homes, but until now none have been reported in the community. This is a report of an outbreak involving five members of a rugby football team.
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