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A Livestock-Associated, Multidrug-Resistant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 97 Lineage Spreading in Dairy Cattle and Pigs in Italy.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2016
Feltrin Fabiola, Alba Patricia, Kraushaar Britta, Ianzano Angela, Argudín María Angeles, Di Matteo Paola, Porrero María Concepción, Aarestrup Frank M, Butaye Patrick, Franco Alessia, Battisti Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Pandemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal complex 97 (CC97) lineages originated from livestock-to-human host jumps. In recent years, CC97 has become one of the major MRSA lineages detected in Italian farmed animals. The aim of this study was to characterize and analyze differences in MRSA and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) mainly of swine and bovine origins. Forty-seven CC97...
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