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Public Health Dispatch: Outbreaks of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections -- Los Angeles County, California, 2002-2003
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Public Health Dispatch: Outbreaks of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections -- Los Angeles County, California, 2002-2003
Publication year:
2003
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Community outbreaks of skin infections associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Los Angeles are reported. Three outbreaks are discussed: two athletes on the same team; infections among men who have sex with men (MSM); and 928 inmates at the Los Angeles County Jail who were initially diagnosed with spider bites but subsequently found to have MRSA.