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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a Dutch equine referral clinic.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2024
Kannekens-Jager Marleen M, Duim Birgitta, der Graaf-van Bloois Linda van, Zomer Aldert L, Broekhuizen-Stins Marian J, Boswinkel Maarten, Wagenaar Jaap A, Broens Els M
Abstract excerpt
In 2020 and 2022, nine cases of surgical site infections with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were diagnosed in horses in an equine referral clinic. Sixteen isolates (horses, n=9; environment, n=3; and staff members, n=4) were analysed retrospectively using Nanopore whole-genome sequencing to investigate the relatedness of two suspected MRSA outbreaks (2020 and 2022). The MRSA isolates...
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