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Objectives  To evaluate the current prevalence status of  mecC  MRSA among dairy farms in England and Wales 5 years after a previous survey conducted in 2011–12.    Methods  A convenience sample of 697 dairy farms in England and Wales was used for the study, conducted in 2017–18, testing bulk tank milk samples for the presence of  mecC  MRSA using high salt broth enrichment and chromogenic MRSA agar selection. All putative MRSA isolates were screened by PCR for the presence of  mecA  and  mecC  genes and subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using both the disc diffusion method and VITEK ®  2. MRSA isolates were also sequenced for genomic characterization.    Results    mecC  MRSA were detected on 4 out of 697 dairy farms in England and Wales (prevalence 0.57%, 95% CI 0.16%–1.46%). Three of the  mecC  isolates were ST425 and one was ST4652 (in the CC130 lineage). Two  mecA  MRSA were also isolated: one ST5 and one ST398.    Conclusions  These results indicate that there has been a substantial reduction in the prevalence of  mecC  MRSA in England and Wales with a 72% reduction (2.15% to 0.57%) compared with a previous study. While the levels of  mecA  MRSA remain very low the continued presence of ST398, a livestock-associated MRSA, suggests that this lineage is established in the UK.

Prevalence and characterization of mecC MRSA in bovine bulk tank milk in Great Britain, 2017–18