Article
Prevalence and properties of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in bovine bulk tank milk in Great Britain.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2014
Paterson G K, Morgan F J E, Harrison E M, Peacock S J, Parkhill J, Zadoks R N, Holmes M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represent a newly recognized form of MRSA, distinguished by the possession of a divergent mecA homologue, mecC. The first isolate to be identified came from bovine milk, but there are few data on the prevalence of mecC MRSA among dairy cattle. The aim of this study was to conduct a prevalence study of mecC MRSA among dairy farms in Great Britain....
Topics
- Animals
- Bacteriological Techniques
- Cattle
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Milk
- Molecular Typing
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence
- Sequence Analysis, DNA