Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pig Farming

  • Andreas Voss*
  • , Frans Loeffen
  • , Judith Bakker
  • , Corne Klaassen
  • , Mireille Wulf
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We conducted a study among a group of 26 regional pig farmers to determine the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence rate and found it was >760 times greater than the rate of patients admitted to Dutch hospitals. While spa-type t108 is apparently a more widespread clone among pig farmers and their environment, we did find other spa-types.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1965-1966
Number of pages2
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume11
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec-2005
Externally publishedYes

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