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Transmission of MRSA between humans and animals on duck and turkey farms.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2016
van Duijkeren E, Hengeveld P, Zomer T P, Landman F, Bosch T, Haenen A, van de Giessen A
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OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of MRSA on duck and turkey farms, identify risk factors for human carriage and study transmission between animals and humans. METHODS: On 10 duck and 10 turkey farms, samples were taken from animals, poultry houses, home residences and humans and cultured using pre-enrichment and selective enrichment. MRSA isolates were typed by spa typing...
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