1. Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe.
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van Cleef BA, Monnet DL, Voss A, Krziwanek K, Allerberger F, Struelens M, Zemlickova H, Skov RL, Vuopio-Varkila J, Cuny C, Friedrich AW, Spiliopoulou I, Pászti J, Hardardottir H, Rossney A, Pan A, Pantosti A, Borg M, Grundmann H, Mueller-Premru M, Olsson-Liljequist B, Widmer A, Harbarth S, Schweiger A, Unal S, and Kluytmans JA
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- Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Austria epidemiology, Bacterial Typing Techniques, Belgium epidemiology, Denmark epidemiology, Europe epidemiology, Humans, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus classification, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus drug effects, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus genetics, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Netherlands epidemiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Prevalence, Staphylococcal Infections microbiology, Cattle microbiology, Disease Reservoirs microbiology, Livestock microbiology, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification, Staphylococcal Infections epidemiology, Swine microbiology
- 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.
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- 2011
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