Pig Movement and Antimicrobial Use Drive Transmission of Livestock-Associated <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content> CC398

Tara C. Smith; Meghan F. Davis; Christopher D. Heaney

doi:10.1128/mBio.02459-18

mBio (Dec 2018)

Pig Movement and Antimicrobial Use Drive Transmission of Livestock-Associated <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content> CC398

Tara C. Smith,
Meghan F. Davis,
Christopher D. Heaney

Affiliations

Tara C. Smith: Kent State University College of Public Health, Kent, Ohio, USA
Meghan F. Davis: Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Christopher D. Heaney: Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02459-18
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 6

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ABSTRACT The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has changed considerably over the last 3 decades, including the recognition of lineages associated with the community and with livestock exposure, in addition to nosocomial strains. A recent study by R. N. Sieber, R. L. Skov, J. Nielsen, J. Schulz, et al. (mBio 9:e02142-18, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02142-18) demonstrates the importance of multisectoral cooperation at the intersection of occupational health, genomics, veterinary medicine practitioners, and farmers in order for us to better understand the epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant organisms.

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ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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