Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe

Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe

To estimate the proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from humans that were sequence type (ST) 398, we surveyed 24 laboratories in 17 countries in Europe in 2007. Livestock-associated MRSA ST398 accounted for only a small proportion of MRSA isolates from humans; m...

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Main Authors: Brigitte A.G.L. van Cleef, Dominique L. Monnet, Andreas Voss, Karina Krziwanek, Franz Allerberger, Marc Struelens, Helena Zemlickova, Robert L. Skov, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Christiane Cuny, Alexander W. Friedrich, Iris Spiliopoulou, Judit Pászti, Hjordis Hardardottir, Angela Rossney, Angelo Pan, Annalisa Pantosti, Michael Borg, Hajo Grundmann, Manica Mueller-Premru, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Andreas F. Widmer, Stephan Harbarth, Alexander Schweiger, Serhat Unal, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
humans
livestock
domestic animals
Europe
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-1036_article

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