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Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2011
Waters Andrew E, Contente-Cuomo Tania, Buchhagen Jordan, Liu Cindy M, Watson Lindsey, Pearce Kimberly, Foster Jeffrey T, Bowers Jolene, Driebe Elizabeth M, Engelthaler David M, Keim Paul S, Price Lance B
Abstract excerpt
We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and poultry samples (n = 136). S. aureus contaminated 47% of samples, and multidrug resistance was common among isolates (52%). S. aureus genotypes and resistance profiles differed significantly among sample types, suggesting food animal-specific contamination.
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