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Clonality and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates from food animals and other animals.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2012
Ho Pak-Leung, Chow Kin-Hung, Lai Eileen L, Law Pierra Y T, Chan Pui-Ying, Ho Alex Y M, Ng Tak-Keung, Yam Wing-Cheong
Abstract excerpt
Out of 3,081 animals studied, 24.9% of pigs, 4.7% of chickens, 6.3% of dogs, 10.5% of cats, and 7.1% of rodents were Staphylococcus aureus positive. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was high in pigs (animals, 21.3%; batches, 46.5%), with all MRSA isolates and most methicillin-...
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