ST93-Queensland community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in France: outbreak in a scout camp and sporadic cases, July to August 2012

T X Nhan; M Bes; H Meugnier; L Toko; G Julienne; J M Thiolet; C Tillier; S Tessier; J Baverel; B Conscience; J P Lavigne; F Laurent; J Etienne; F Vandenesch; A Tristan

doi:10.2807/ese.17.44.20307-en

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ST93-Queensland community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in France: outbreak in a scout camp and sporadic cases, July to August 2012
T X Nhan^1,2,3 , M Bes^1,2,3 , H Meugnier^1,2,3 , L Toko⁴ , G Julienne⁵ , J M Thiolet⁶ , C Tillier⁷ , S Tessier⁷ , J Baverel⁸ , B Conscience⁸ , J P Lavigne⁹ , F Laurent^1,3,10 , J Etienne^1,2,3 , F Vandenesch^1,2,3 , A Tristan^1,2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Centre de biologie et de pathologie Est, Lyon, France ² Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de biologie et de pathologie Est, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Bron, France ³ Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U851, Lyon, France ⁴ Centre Hospitalier Belfort-Montbéliard, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Belfort, France ⁵ Centre Hospitalier Belfort-Montbéliard, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Belfort, France ⁶ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Département des maladies infectieuses, Saint-Maurice, France ⁷ Agence régionale de santé de Bourgogne, Cellule de l' Institut de Veille Sanitaire en Régions Bourgogne et Franche-Comté, Dijon, France ⁸ Agence régionale de santé de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France ⁹ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Laboratoire de bactériologie, Nîmes, France ¹⁰ Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de biologie nord, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Lyon, France

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Citation style for this article: Nhan T X, Bes M, Meugnier H, Toko L, Julienne G, Thiolet J M, Tillier C, Tessier S, Baverel J, Conscience B, Lavigne J P, Laurent F, Etienne J, Vandenesch F, Tristan A. ST93-Queensland community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in France: outbreak in a scout camp and sporadic cases, July to August 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(44):pii=20307. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.44.20307-en Received: 12 Oct 2012

Abstract

We describe the occurrence in France of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST93 clone, a predominant community-acquired (CA)-MRSA in Australia. In July to August 2012, an outbreak in a scout camp (n=3) and sporadic cases (n=2) of skin and soft tissue infections were reported. Investigations suggested importation of the clone through travel and onward transmission. This illustrates the epidemic potential of this lineage and the role of travellers in the spread of PVL-positive CA-MRSA.