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Case Reports
. 2011 Jun;17(6):1137-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid/1706.101330.

Suspected horse-to-human transmission of MRSA ST398

Engeline van Duijkeren, Lenny Ten Horn, Jaap A Wagenaar, Marco de Bruijn, Lauara Laarhoven, Koen Verstappen, Willemien de Weerd, Nico Meessen, Birgitta Duim
Case Reports

Suspected horse-to-human transmission of MRSA ST398

Engeline van Duijkeren et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jun.
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Figure. Infected wound, initially thought to be caused by an insect bite, on the right foot of a 16-year-old girl who was wheelchair-bound because of spinal muscular atrophy type II, the Netherlands.
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