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. 2007 Nov;13(11):1753-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1311.070358.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in meat products, the Netherlands

Inge H M van Loo  1 , 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 A J W Kluytmans
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in meat products, the Netherlands

Inge H M van Loo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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Amplified fragment gel electrophoresis typing and spa typing results of the Staphylococcus aureus isolates, methicillin susceptible (MSSA) and methicillin resistant (MRSA), in pork and beef. The boxes indicate clonally related strains. The columns indicate the strain number, the shop where the sample was bought, the origin of the sample, methicillin susceptibility, and spa type. ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; ND, not determined.
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