High prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs
| Autor: | W.D.C. Dam-Deisz, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, A.W. van de Giessen, X. W. Huijsdens, E. van Duijkeren, E. Spalburg, M.J.M. van den Broek, M. G. van Santen-Verheuvel, A J de Neeling |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Staphylococcus aureus
Veterinary medicine Meticillin Swine Population Colony Count Microbial Erythromycin Microbial Sensitivity Tests Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Methicillin Prevalence medicine Animals education Netherlands Antibacterial agent Swine Diseases education.field_of_study General Veterinary SCCmec Clindamycin General Medicine Staphylococcal Infections biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Typing Techniques Tandem Repeat Sequences Methicillin Resistance Abattoirs medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Microbiology. 122:366-372 |
| ISSN: | 0378-1135 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.01.027 |
| Popis: | Recently methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from pigs and pig farmers in The Netherlands. In order to assess the dissemination of MRSA in the Dutch pig population, we screened 540 pigs in 9 slaughterhouses, where a representative portion of Dutch pigs (63%) was slaughtered in 2005. We found 209 (39%) of the pigs to carry MRSA in their nares. Forty-four of 54 groups of 10 consecutive pigs (81%), each group from a different farm, and all slaughterhouses were affected. All MRSA isolates belonged to 1 clonal group, showing Multi-Locus Sequence Type 398 and closely related spa types (mainly t011, t108 and t1254). Three types of the Staphylococcal Chromosome Cassette (SCCmec) were found: III (3%), IVa (39%) and V (57%). All 44 tested isolates (1 isolate per group) were resistant to tetracycline, reflecting the high and predominant use of tetracyclines in pig husbandry. Twenty-three percent of the isolates were resistant to both erythromycin and clindamycin and 36% to kanamycin, gentamicin and tobramycin but only a single isolate was resistant to co-trimoxazole and none to ciprofloxacin and several other antibiotics. The percentage of MRSA positive pigs was significantly different among slaughterhouses and among groups within slaughterhouses, indicating a high prevalence of MRSA in pigs delivered from the farms as well as cross contamination in the slaughterhouses. |
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