Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Meat Products, the Netherlands

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Meat Products, the Netherlands

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 clon...

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Main Authors: Inge H.M. van Loo, 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 Kluytmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
methicillin resistance
meat products
dispatch
the Netherlands
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/07-0358_article

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