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. 2005 Dec;11(12):1965-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1112.050428.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pig farming

Andreas Voss  1 , Frans Loeffen, Judith Bakker, Come Klaassen, Mireille Wulf
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pig farming

Andreas Voss et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec.

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.

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