Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2011)
Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans, Europe
- Brigitte A.G.L. van Cleef,
- Dominique L. Monnet,
- Andreas Voss,
- Karina Krziwanek,
- Franz Allerberger,
- Marc Struelens,
- Helena Zemlickova,
- Robert L. Skov,
- Jaana Vuopio-Varkila,
- Christiane Cuny,
- Alexander W. Friedrich,
- Iris Spiliopoulou,
- Judit Pászti,
- Hjordis Hardardottir,
- Angela Rossney,
- Angelo Pan,
- Annalisa Pantosti,
- Michael Borg,
- Hajo Grundmann,
- Manica Mueller-Premru,
- Barbro Olsson-Liljequist,
- Andreas F. Widmer,
- Stephan Harbarth,
- Alexander Schweiger,
- Serhat Unal,
- Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans
Affiliations
- Brigitte A.G.L. van Cleef
- Dominique L. Monnet
- Andreas Voss
- Karina Krziwanek
- Franz Allerberger
- Marc Struelens
- Helena Zemlickova
- Robert L. Skov
- Jaana Vuopio-Varkila
- Christiane Cuny
- Alexander W. Friedrich
- Iris Spiliopoulou
- Judit Pászti
- Hjordis Hardardottir
- Angela Rossney
- Angelo Pan
- Annalisa Pantosti
- Michael Borg
- Hajo Grundmann
- Manica Mueller-Premru
- Barbro Olsson-Liljequist
- Andreas F. Widmer
- Stephan Harbarth
- Alexander Schweiger
- Serhat Unal
- Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101036
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 17,
no. 3
pp. 502 – 505
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.
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