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Epidemiology of MRSA CC398 in hospitals located in Spanish regions with different pig-farming densities: a multicentre study
8 Apr 2019
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BACKGROUND: Tetracycline resistance (TetR) is a marker of livestock-associated MRSA of lineage CC398. OBJECTIVES: To determine the MRSA CC398 prevalence among TetR-MRSA recovered in Spanish hospitals located in regions with different pig-farming densities, and the influence of pig density as a key risk factor for its acquisition. METHODS: TetR-MRSA isolates (n = 232) recovered from clinical and epidemiological...
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