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Genome investigations show host adaptation and transmission of LA-MRSA CC398 from pigs into Danish healthcare institutions.
Scientific reports - 9 Dec 2019
Sieber Raphael Niklaus, Larsen Anders Rhod, Urth Tinna Ravnholt, Iversen Søren, Møller Camilla Holten, Skov Robert Leo, Larsen Jesper, Stegger Marc
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Over the last decade, an increasing number of infections with livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) in persons without contact to livestock has been registered in Denmark. These infections have been suggested to be the result of repeated spillover of random isolates from livestock into the community. However, other studies also found emerging...
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