1. MRSA Transmission between Cows and Humans
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Kaszanyitzky, E.J., Janosi, S., Somogyi, P., van der Graaf-van Bloois, L., van Duijkeren, E., Wagenaar, J.A., Advances in Veterinary Medicine, Strategic Infection Biology, and Dep Infectieziekten Immunologie
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Jánosi S ,Epidemiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,medicine.disease_cause ,cows ,Zoonoses ,Genotype ,Medicine ,Subclinical mastitis ,Spa typing ,Mastitis, Bovine ,Transmission (medicine) ,Dispatch ,van Duijkeren E ,PFGE ,Staphylococcal Infections ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,animals ,Phenotype ,Infectious Diseases ,Staphylococcus aureus ,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,MLST ,ID - Infectieziekten ,van der Graaf-van Bloois L ,Microbiology (medical) ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,mastitis ,Staphylococcal infections ,spa-typing ,Methicillin resistance ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Microbiology ,strains ,clones ,pcr ,Suggested citation for this article: Juhász-Kaszanyitzky E ,Animals ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,phage types ,Genotyping ,et al. MRSA transmission between cows and humans. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2007 Apr [date cited]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/4/630.htm ,business.industry ,SCCmec type ,lcsh:R ,zoonosis ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,methicillin-resistant ,Virology ,CVI - Divisie Bacteriologie en TSE's ,resistant staphylococcus-aureus ,Cattle ,Methicillin Resistance ,Somogyi P ,business ,Dán A - Abstract
We isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cows with subclinical mastitis and from a person who worked with these animals. The bovine and human strains were indistinguishable by phenotyping and genotyping methods and were of a low frequency spa type. To our knowledge, this finding indicates the first documented case of direct transmission of MRSA between cows and humans.
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- 2007
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