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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in a farmer with skin lesions and in pigs of his farm: clonal relationship and detection of lnu(A) gene.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Lozano C, Aspiroz C, Ara M, Gómez-Sanz E, Zarazaga M, Torres C
Abstract excerpt
Skin infection associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-ST398 was detected in a pig-farmer, and MRSA-ST398 isolates were also detected in nasal samples of the patient and of 11/12 pigs on his farm. Twelve MRSA isolates were obtained from skin lesions (n = 6) and nasal samples (n = 6) of the patient in two sampling moments and 11 MRSA isolates from nasal samples of pigs. They were typed...
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