Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Meat Products, the Netherlands

Authors :: Inge H.M. van Loo
Bram M.W. Diederen
Paul H.M. Savelkoul
Joyce H.C. Woudenberg
Robert Roosendaal
Alex van Belkum
Nicole Lemmens-den Toom
Carlo Verhulst
Peter H.J. van Keulen
Jan Kluytmans
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 11, Pp 1753-1755 (2007)
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
Abstract: A new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone related to pig and cattle farming was detected in the Netherlands. We investigated the extent of S. aureus presence in meat and found 36 S. aureus strains in 79 samples. Two strains were MRSA; 1 was multilocus sequence type 398, the clone related to farming.