Article
High genetic diversity of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) from humans and animals on livestock farms and presence of SCCmec remnant DNA in MSSA CC398.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2014
Vandendriessche Stien, Vanderhaeghen Wannes, Larsen Jesper, de Mendonça Ricardo, Hallin Marie, Butaye Patrick, Hermans Katleen, Haesebrouck Freddy, Denis Olivier
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the genetic diversity of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) carriage isolates from animals and humans on pig, veal, dairy, beef and broiler farms. METHODS: S. aureus isolates were genotyped using spa typing and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Antimicrobial susceptibility phenotypes and genotypes were determined. The presence of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Sequence
- Cattle
- Chickens
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Livestock
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus