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Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Sequence Type 398 in Pigs and Humans

Alex van Belkum, Damian C. Melles∗, Justine Peeters, Willem B. van Leeuwen, Engeline van Duijkeren, Xander W. Huijsdens, Emile Spalburg, Albert J. de Neeling, Henri A. Verbrugh

Emerging infectious diseases · 2008 · 202 citations · 16 references

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 (ST398 MRSA) was identified in Dutch pigs and pig farmers. ST398 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus circulates among humans at low frequency (0.2%) but was isolated in 3 human cases of bacteremia (2.1%; p = 0.026). Although its natural host is probably porcine, ST398 MRSA likely causes infections in humans.

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