Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe - UTU Research Portal

A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

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

Authors: van Cleef BA, Monnet DL, Voss A, Krziwanek K, Allerberger F, Struelens M, Zemlickova H, Skov RL, Vuopio-Varkila J, Cuny C, Friedrich AW, Spiliopoulou I, Pászti J, Hardardottir H, Rossney A, Pantosti A, Pan A, Grundmann H, Borg M, Olsson-Liljequist B, Mueller-Premru M, Harbarth S, Widmer A, Unal S, Schweiger A, Kluytmans JA

Publication year: 2011

Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases

Journal name in source: Emerging infectious diseases

Journal acronym: Emerg Infect Dis

Volume: 17

Issue: 3

First page : 502

Last page: 5

Number of pages: 4

ISSN: 1080-6040

eISSN: 1080-6059

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1703.101036

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.