TY - JOUR AU - Como-Sabetti, Kathryn AU - Harriman, Kathleen AU - Juni, Billie AU - Westbrook, Amy AU - Cebelinski, Elizabeth AU - Boxrud, David AU - Lynfield, Ruth T1 - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Canoe Camp T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 11 SP - 1759 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We investigated a cluster of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons at a wilderness canoe camp. Isolates from the investigation had identical profiles for susceptibility, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and toxins. Participants in activities that involve skin injury, person-to-person contact, and inadequate hygiene are at increased risk for methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections. KW - Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KW - CA-MRSA KW - antibiotic resistance KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1211.060363 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/11/06-0363_article ER - End of Reference