Pseudo-outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Nationwide pseudo-outbreak of Salmonella enterica ssp. diarizonae, France

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a multisite pseudo-outbreak with an identified source. Other pseudo-outbreaks of bacterial infections have been described previously; however, they were limited to a single healthcare facility, and a local explanation was found [7][8][9].…”

“…Ticks are known to transmit a large spectrum of emerging bacterial zoonotic pathogens [7] including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) [8], Anaplasma phagocytophilum [9], and Babesia spp. [ More recently it was shown that the prevalence of B. henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi sl DNA in the environmental I. ricinus populations sampled in different European sites was up to 40%.…”

MRSA in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges

“…Alternatively‚ a trial comparing the commercial method with a reference test‚ to document its sensitivity and specificity for the particular strains of their hospital or community could be performed (Chambers‚ 1997). Laboratories should also periodically reevaluate the automated system they use with additional testing‚ otherwise gross misclassification may result in unnecessary infection control measures and vancomycin use (Ender et al‚ 1999). Finally‚ as many contemporary strains of MRSA are also resistant to multiple other classes of antimicrobials‚ this "multi-resistance" (although genetically distinct from resistance) could be a useful marker for clinical laboratories (Morgan et al‚ 1999;Mulligan et al‚ 1992).…”