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A methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Sequence Type 8, spa type t11469 causing infection and colonizing horses in Italy.
Pathogens and disease - 1 Jun 2016
Carfora Virginia, Caprioli Andrea, Grossi Ilaria, Pepe Marco, Alba Patricia, Lorenzetti Serena, Amoruso Roberta, Sorbara Luigi, Franco Alessia, Battisti Antonio
Abstract excerpt
A Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) was isolated in Italy from a pathological sample of a mare presenting chronic purulent sinusitis and that had undergone frontal-sinus surgery three months before. Humans, horses, dogs and environmental samples were subsequently collected at the mare's stable and at the Veterinary Hospital, where the mare was operated/hospitalized, and screened for the presence of...
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