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Isolation and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from Louisiana retail meats.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Pu Shuaihua, Han Feifei, Ge Beilei
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We investigated the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in 120 retail meat samples from 30 grocery stores in Baton Rouge, LA. S. aureus strains were recovered from 45.6% of pork samples and 20% of beef samples, whereas MRSA strains were isolated from six meat samples (five pork samples and one beef sample). The MRSA isolates were of two strain types (clones), one...
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