Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Meat Products, the Netherlands

A new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clone related to pig and cattle farming was detected in the Netherlands. We investigated the extent of S. aureus presence in meat and found 36 S. aureus strains in 79 samples. Two strains were MRSA; 1 was multilocus sequence type 398, the clone related to farming.

Verfasser: Inge H.M. van Loo
Bram M.W. Diederen
Paul H.M. Savelkoul
Joyce H.C. Woudenberg
Robert Roosendaal
Alex van Belkum
Nicole Lemmens-den Toom
Carlo Verhulst
Peter H.J. van Keulen
Jan Kluytmans
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 11, Pp 1753-1755 (2007)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: Staphylococcus aureus / methicillin resistance / meat products / dispatch / the Netherlands / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070358