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Correlation between animal nasal carriage and environmental methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at U.S. horse and cattle farms.
Veterinary microbiology - 7 Dec 2012
Peterson Amy E, Davis Meghan F, Awantang Grace, Limbago Brandi, Fosheim Gregory E, Silbergeld Ellen K
Abstract excerpt
Animals on farms may be a potential reservoir and environmental source of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Expanded surveillance methods for animal-associated MRSA are needed. To develop an environmental sampling method and to determine the correlation between animal and environmental MRSA positivity in the farm setting, we sampled horses, cattle, and their local environments at several farms...
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