Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pigs with Exudative Epidermitis

Despite a strict control program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in human medicine in the Netherlands, MRSA was cultured from exudative epidermitis lesions of 4 piglets on a breeding farm, 20 pigs on a supplier farm, and 2 workers on these farms. The MRSA strains were indistin...

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Main Authors: Engeline van Duijkeren, Marc D. Jansen, S. Carolien Flemming, Han de Neeling, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Anky H.W. Schoormans, Arie van Nes, Ad C. Fluit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/9/06-1268_article