High genetic diversity of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) from humans and animals on livestock farms and presence of SCCmec remnant DNA in MSSA CC398
Author(s) -
Stien Vandendriessche,
Wannes Vanderhaeghen,
Jesper Larsen,
Ricardo De Mendonça,
Marie Hallin,
Patrick Butaye,
Katleen Hermans,
Freddy Haesebrouck,
Olivier Denis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt366
Subject(s) - sccmec , multilocus sequence typing , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , tetracycline , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , quinupristin , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , dalfopristin , veterinary medicine , genetics , genotype , gene , antibiotics , vancomycin , medicine , bacteria
To investigate the genetic diversity of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) carriage isolates from animals and humans on pig, veal, dairy, beef and broiler farms.
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