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First autochthonous familial cluster of invasive community-acquired leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant USA300 Staphylococcus aureus in France

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For the first time, it was reported in France a cluster of autochthonous severe community-acquired (CA) infections due to the USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone. The three cases belonged to the same family without any identified clue of abroad importation pathway. The domestic spread of USA300 in France is of concern.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Sud-Essonne, site de Dourdan, 91415, Dourdan, France

    Philippe Traore

  2. Laboratory of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Antoine-Béclère, Assistance Publique –Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 92140, Clamart, France

    Nadège Bourgeois-Nicolaos & Florence Doucet-Populaire

  3. Laboratory of Bacteriology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital de l’Archet II, 06202, Nice, France

    Raymond Ruimy

  4. French National Reference Center for Staphylococci, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 69677, Lyon, France

    Frédéric Laurent

  5. Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Antoine-Béclère, AP-HP, 92140, Clamart, France

    Philippe Labrune

  6. EA 4043, USC INRA, Paris Sud University, Faculty of Pharmacy, 92290, Chatenay Malabry, France

    Florence Doucet-Populaire

  7. Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Henri Mondor, AP-HP, 94000, Créteil, France

    Jean-Winoc Decousser

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Traore, P., Bourgeois-Nicolaos, N., Ruimy, R. et al. First autochthonous familial cluster of invasive community-acquired leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant USA300 Staphylococcus aureus in France. Folia Microbiol 59, 473–476 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-014-0322-6

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