Livestock-Associated Methicillin Resistant and Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type (CC)1 in European Farmed Animals: High Genetic Relatedness of Isolates from Italian Cattle Herds and Humans.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Sequence Type (ST)1, Clonal Complex(CC)1, SCCmec V is one of the major Livestock-Associated (LA-) lineages in pig farming industry in Italy and is associated with pigs in other European countries. Recently, it has been increasingly detected in Itali...

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Main Authors: Patricia Alba, Fabiola Feltrin, Gessica Cordaro, María Concepción Porrero, Britta Kraushaar, María Angeles Argudín, Suvi Nykäsenoja, Monica Monaco, Marc Stegger, Frank M Aarestrup, Patrick Butaye, Alessia Franco, Antonio Battisti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4556339?pdf=render