Livestock-associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe
Open Access
- 1 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 17 (3) , 502-505
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101036
Abstract
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; most were from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Austria.Keywords
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