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. 2011 Mar;17(3):502-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101036.

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe

Brigitte A G L van Cleef  1 , Dominique L Monnet, Andreas Voss, Karina Krziwanek, Franz Allerberger, Marc Struelens, Helena Zemlickova, Robert L Skov, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Christiane Cuny, Alexander W Friedrich, Iris Spiliopoulou, Judit Pászti, Hjordis Hardardottir, Angela Rossney, Angelo Pan, Annalisa Pantosti, Michael Borg, Hajo Grundmann, Manica Mueller-Premru, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Andreas Widmer, Stephan Harbarth, Alexander Schweiger, Serhat Unal, Jan A J W Kluytmans
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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe

Brigitte A G L van Cleef et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

To estimate the proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from humans that were sequence type (ST) 398, we surveyed 24 laboratories in 17 countries in Europe in 2007. Livestock-associated MRSA ST398 accounted for only a small proportion of MRSA isolates from humans; most were from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Austria.

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