Multiple Cases of Familial Transmission of Community-Acquired MRSA

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Aug. 2006, p. 2994–2996 Vol. 44, No. 8
0095-1137/06/$08.00_0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00846-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Multiple Cases of Familial Transmission of Community-Acquired
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
X. W. Huijsdens,* M. G. van Santen-Verheuvel, E. Spalburg, M. E. O. C. Heck,
G. N. Pluister, B. A. Eijkelkamp, A. J. de Neeling, and W. J. B. Wannet
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Received 21 April 2006/Accepted 4 June 2006

The worldwide emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)
can have severe public health implications. Familial transmissions of CA-MRSA in The Netherlands were
investigated. Among the families studied, two clusters of CA-MRSA could be identified. This report demonstrates
that family members can serve as reservoirs of CA-MRSA which may become a serious problem in
containing the spread of MRSA.