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Prevalence, risk factors and genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carried by humans and animals across livestock production sectors.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2013
Vandendriessche Stien, Vanderhaeghen Wannes, Soares Filomena Valente, Hallin Marie, Catry Boudewijn, Hermans Katleen, Butaye Patrick, Haesebrouck Freddy, Struelens Marc J, Denis Olivier
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in animals and humans on veal, dairy, beef and broiler farms and to compare the risk for human MRSA carriage with that of strictly horticulture farmers. The genetic background, resistance phenotypes and genotypes and toxin gene content of the isolated MRSA strains were compared with MRSA collected on MRSA...
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