Autor: |
Tara C Smith, Wondwossen A Gebreyes, Melanie J Abley, Abby L Harper, Brett M Forshey, Michael J Male, H Wayne Martin, Bayleyegn Z Molla, Srinand Sreevatsan, Siddhartha Thakur, Madhumathi Thiruvengadam, Peter R Davies |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2013 |
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Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 5, p e63704 (2013) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0063704 |
Popis: |
Much uncertainty remains about the origin and public health implications of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA). This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and prevalence of MRSA in general and LA-MRSA in particular in pigs and farm workers in five states. We collected nasal swabs from pigs and farm workers at 45 swine herds (21 antibiotic-free herds; 24 conventional herds) in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina and Ohio. MRSA was isolated from 50 of 1085 pigs (4.6%) and 31 of 148 (20.9%) of farm workers. MRSA-positive pigs and people were clustered in four conventional swine farms in Iowa and Illinois. Based on genotyping, spa type t034, a common livestock associated variant, was predominant among both human and swine isolates. These results confirm the presence of LA-MRSA in pigs and swine farm workers in the USA, but the prevalence found is relatively low compared with European studies. |
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