Article
Characterization of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> from Raw Meat Samples in Tunisia: Detection of Clonal Lineage ST398 from the African Continent
18 Jun 2015
Abstract excerpt
Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolates, and especially those belonging to ST398, have been increasingly described in colonized and infected animals and humans, and also in food samples in several countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates in raw meat samples destined for food consumption in Tunisia, and to...
