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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in two scuba divers returning from the Philippines.

Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Swizerland.
Journal of Travel Medicine (impact factor: 1.75). 15(5):378-81. DOI:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00243.x pp.378-81
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ABSTRACT We describe two patients who had skin infection due to identical strains of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) after returning from the Philippines. Both patients did not share risk factors for CA-MRSA acquisition besides scuba diving. Scuba diving equipment may represent a possible new mode of acquisition of CA-MRSA.

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Keywords

CA-MRSA
 
CA-MRSA acquisition
 
community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
 
identical strains
 
patients
 
possible new mode
 
scuba diving
 
Scuba diving equipment