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Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Dispatch

Outbreak of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Associated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infection in a Rugby Team, France, 2010–2011

Elodie Couvé-Deacon, Anne Tristan, Nathalie Pestourie, Christian Faure, Valérie Doffoel-Hantz, Fabien Garnier, Frédéric Laurent, Gerard Lina, and Marie-Cecile PloyComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Limoges, Limoges, France (E. Couvé-Deacon, N. Pestourie, F. Garnier, M.-C. Ploy); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Limoges (E. Couve-Deacon, N. Pestourie, F. Garnier, M.-C. Ploy); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Limoges (E. Couvé-Deacon, N. Pestourie, F. Garnier, M.-C. Ploy); Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France (A. Tristan, F. Laurent, G. Lina); National Reference Center for Staphylococci, Lyon (A. Tristan, F. Laurent, G. Lina); University of Lyon, Lyon (A. Tristan, F. Laurent, G. Lina); Cabinet Médical du Midi, Limoges (C. Faure); Clinique François Chénieux, Limoges (V. Doffoel-Hantz)

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Table

Characteristics of rugby team members involved in outbreak of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–associated methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection, France*

Characteristic Players’ response Players, no. (%), n = 51 S. aureus PVL-positive abscess or carriage,† no., n = 8 Non–S. aureus PVL-positive abscess or carriage,† no., n = 43 p value‡
Sharing of personal items
 Yes 25 (49.0) 4 21 1.000
No
 26 (51.0)
 4
 22
Disinfection of skin lesions
 Yes 25 (49.0) 6 19 0.246
No
 24 (47.0)
 2
 22
Skin lesion protection in daily life
 Yes 18 (35.3) 3 15 0.717
No
 32 (62.7)
 5
 27
Skin lesion protection during sport
 Yes 24 (47.0) 3 21 0.702
No
 25 (49.0)
 5
 20
Hospitalization during previous year
 Yes 7 (13.7) 2 5 0.300
No
 44 (86.3)
 6
 38
Skin abscess during previous year
 Yes 4 (7.8) 4 0 2.8 × 10−4
No
 47 (93.2)
 4
 43
Body mass index, mean 31.40 27.80 0.057

*PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
†Values are numbers except for body mass index, which is the mean for 51 players.
‡p values used Fisher exact test except for body mass index, which used Student t-test. For that category, 95% CI was –0.14 to 7.51.

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