Pyoderma outbreak among kindergarten families: Association with a Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing S. aureus strain.
Rasmus LeistnerAxel KolaPetra GastmeierRenate KrügerPia-Alice HoppeSylke Schneider-BurrusIrina ZuschneidNicoletta WischnewskiJennifer BenderFranziska LayerMichaela NiebankCarmen ScheibenbogenLeif G HanitschPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Our outbreak investigation showed the introduction of a PVL-SA strain into a kindergarten likely as a result of international travel and further transmission by direct contact. The implementation of a Staphylococcus aureus decontamination protocol was able to control the outbreak.