Livestock-associated MRSA in household members of pig farmers: transmission and dynamics of carriage, a prospective cohort study.

Livestock-associated MRSA in household members of pig farmers: transmission and dynamics of carriage, a prospective cohort study.

This prospective cohort study describes carriage of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in household members from 49 farrowing pig farms in the Netherlands (2010-2011). Of 171 household members, 4% were persistent MRSA nasal carriers, and the MRSA prevalence on...

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Main Authors: Brigitte A G L van Cleef, Birgit H B van Benthem, Erwin J M Verkade, Miranda M L van Rijen, Marjolein F Q Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Haitske Graveland, Thijs Bosch, Koen M H W Verstappen, Jaap A Wagenaar, Marian E H Bos, Dick Heederik, Jan A J W Kluytmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4436301?pdf=render

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