PLoS ONE (Jan 2011)

Presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs in Peru.

  • Carmen S Arriola,
  • Mariella E Güere,
  • Jesper Larsen,
  • Robert L Skov,
  • Robert H Gilman,
  • Armando E Gonzalez,
  • Ellen K Silbergeld

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028529
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 12
p. e28529

Abstract

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We report the first detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in pigs in Peru. The isolates belong to a livestock-associated lineage previously reported in North America and Europe, CC398, and a highly virulent USA300-like ST8-IV variant, which is the predominant community-associated lineage in Latin America.