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



: 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

: 2011

: Emerging Infectious Diseases

: Emerging infectious diseases

: Emerg Infect Dis

: 17

: 3

: 502

: 5

: 4

: 1080-6040

: 1080-6059

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


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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