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ArticleInfection prevention in practice2024

Successful control of an outbreak of Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive meticillin resistant

R Traynor, G I Brennan, T Hoban, A M Dolan, B Boyle, B O' Connell, O Shelley, T K Teoh

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Article in Infection prevention in practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. An outbreak of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-producing meticillin-resistantEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026
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  2. MRSA: the enduring foe.Infection prevention in practice · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

R TraynorDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
G I BrennanDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
T HobanDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
A M DolanDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
B BoyleDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
B O' ConnellDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
O ShelleyDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
T K TeohDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, St James Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report an outbreak of PVL-producing MRSA in the Irish National Burns Unit in 2022 involving seven patients, two staff members and two positive environmental samples. This outbreak was successfully controlled using a range of measures including staff screening, environmental screening and enhanced cleaning. The use of real time whole genome sequencing (WGS) allowed for rapid identification of relatedness and for a rapid outbreak response. We share our successful approach to control this outbreak.

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PMID39483423
PMCPMC11526057

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