Multidrug-Resistant and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Hog Slaughter and Processing Plant Workers and Their Community in North Carolina (USA) | Zendy

Ricardo Castillo-Neyra | Zendy; J. Augusto Frisancho | Zendy; Jessica L. Rinsky | Zendy; Carol Resnick | Zendy; Karen C. Carroll | Zendy; Ana M. Rule | Zendy; Tracy Ross | Zendy; Yaqi You | Zendy; Lance B. Price | Zendy; Ellen K. Silbergeld | Zendy

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Multidrug-Resistant and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Hog Slaughter and Processing Plant Workers and Their Community in North Carolina (USA)

Author(s) -

Ricardo Castillo-Neyra,

J. Augusto Frisancho,

Jessica L. Rinsky,

Carol Resnick,

Karen C. Carroll,

Ana M. Rule,

Tracy Ross,

Yaqi You,

Lance B. Price,

Ellen K. Silbergeld

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1306741

Subject(s) - methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , veterinary medicine , staphylococcal infections , carriage , antimicrobial , multilocus sequence typing , environmental health , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genotype , pathology , genetics , biochemistry , gene

Use of antimicrobials in industrial food-animal production is associated with the presence of antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) among animals and humans. Hog slaughter/processing plants process large numbers of animals from industrial animal operations and are environments conducive to the exchange of bacteria between animals and workers.

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