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

A R Stacey; K E Endersby; P C Chan; R R Marples

doi:10.1136/bjsm.32.2.153

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Br J Sports Med

1998;32:153-154 doi:10.1136/bjsm.32.2.153

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

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, United Kingdom.

Abstract

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.