Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398) has frequently been detected in pigs and pig handlers. However, in Malaysia, sampling 360 pigs and 90 pig handlers from 30 farms identified novel ST9-spa type t4358-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V MRSA stra...

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Main Authors:	Vasantha Kumari, Neela, Shamsudin, Mariana Nor, Mohd Zafrul , Arif, Van Belkum , Alex, Liew , Y. K., Rad , Ehsanollah Ghaznavi
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Language:	English English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2009
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spelling	upm-163342015-10-08T01:01:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16334/ Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia. Vasantha Kumari, Neela Shamsudin, Mariana Nor Mohd Zafrul , Arif Van Belkum , Alex Liew , Y. K. Rad , Ehsanollah Ghaznavi Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398) has frequently been detected in pigs and pig handlers. However, in Malaysia, sampling 360 pigs and 90 pig handlers from 30 farms identified novel ST9-spa type t4358-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V MRSA strains that were found to transiently colonize more than 1% of pigs and 5.5% of pig handlers. American Society for Microbiology 2009-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16334/1/Prevalence%20of%20ST9%20methicillin.pdf Vasantha Kumari, Neela and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Mohd Zafrul , Arif and Van Belkum , Alex and Liew , Y. K. and Rad , Ehsanollah Ghaznavi (2009) Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47 (12 ). pp. 4138-4140. ISSN 0095-1137, ESSN: 1098-660X http://www.asm.org/ 10.1128/JCM.01363-09 English
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description	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398) has frequently been detected in pigs and pig handlers. However, in Malaysia, sampling 360 pigs and 90 pig handlers from 30 farms identified novel ST9-spa type t4358-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V MRSA strains that were found to transiently colonize more than 1% of pigs and 5.5% of pig handlers.
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author	Vasantha Kumari, Neela Shamsudin, Mariana Nor Mohd Zafrul , Arif Van Belkum , Alex Liew , Y. K. Rad , Ehsanollah Ghaznavi
spellingShingle	Vasantha Kumari, Neela Shamsudin, Mariana Nor Mohd Zafrul , Arif Van Belkum , Alex Liew , Y. K. Rad , Ehsanollah Ghaznavi Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
author_facet	Vasantha Kumari, Neela Shamsudin, Mariana Nor Mohd Zafrul , Arif Van Belkum , Alex Liew , Y. K. Rad , Ehsanollah Ghaznavi
author_sort	Vasantha Kumari, Neela
title	Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
title_short	Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
title_full	Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
title_fullStr	Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
title_sort	prevalence of st9 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in malaysia.
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
publishDate	2009
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Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.

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