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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe

Published inEmerging infectious diseases, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 502-505
Publication date2011
Abstract

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; most were from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Austria.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
  • Austria/epidemiology
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Belgium/epidemiology
  • Cattle/microbiology
  • Denmark/epidemiology
  • Disease Reservoirs/microbiology
  • Europe/epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Livestock/microbiology
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/classification/drug effects/genetics/isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Netherlands/epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology/microbiology
  • Swine/microbiology
Citation (ISO format)
VAN CLEEF, Brigitte A G L et al. Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe. In: Emerging infectious diseases, 2011, vol. 17, n° 3, p. 502–505. doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101036
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