Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe

To estimate the proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from humans that were sequence type (ST) 398, we surveyed 24 laboratories in 17 countries in Europe in 2007. Livestock-associated MRSA ST398 accounted for only a small proportion of MRSA isolates from humans; m...

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Main Authors: van Cleef, Brigitte A.G.L., Monnet, Dominique L., Voss, Andreas, Krziwanek, Karina, Allerberger, Franz, Struelens, Marc, Zemlickova, Helena, Skov, Robert L., Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana, Cuny, Christiane, Friedrich, Alexander W., Spiliopoulou, Iris, Pászti, Judit, Hardardottir, Hjordis, Rossney, Angela, Pan, Angelo, Pantosti, Annalisa, Borg, Michael, Grundmann, Hajo, Mueller-Premru, Manica, Olsson-Liljequist, Barbro, Widmer, Andreas, Harbarth, Stephan, Schweiger, Alexander, Unal, Serhat, Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166010/