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Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusin Pigs with Exudative Epidermitis

Engeline van Duijkeren, Marc Jansen, S. Carolien Flemming, Han de Neeling, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Anky H.W. Schoormans, A. van Nes, Ad C. Fluit

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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 indistinguishable, suggesting direct transmission.

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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 indistinguishable, suggesting direct transmission.

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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 indistinguishable, suggesting direct transmission.

Key concepts: Staphylococcus aureus, Microbiology, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcaceae, Staphylococcal infections, Transmission (telecommunications), Meticillin, Biology

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