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. 2007 Apr;13(4):630-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1304.060833.

MRSA transmission between cows and humans

Eva Juhász-Kaszanyitzky  1 , Szilárd Jánosi, Pál Somogyi, Adám Dán, Linda van der Graaf-van Bloois, Engeline van Duijkeren, Jaap A Wagenaar
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MRSA transmission between cows and humans

Eva Juhász-Kaszanyitzky et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

We isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cows with subclinical mastitis and from a person who worked with these animals. The bovine and human strains were indistinguishable by phenotyping and genotyping methods and were of a low frequency spa type. To our knowledge, this finding indicates the first documented case of direct transmission of MRSA between cows and humans.

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of SmaI-digested DNA of bovine and human strains of Staphyloccocus aureus isolated from cows with subclinical mastitis, Hungary, January 2002–December 2004.
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