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Clonal comparison of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from healthy pig farmers, human controls, and pigs
Laurence Armand-Lefevre1, Raymond Ruimy, Antoine Andremont
1Bacteriology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|May 14, 2005
Abstract:
Pig farming is a risk factor for increased nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonization. Using sequence typing and phylogenetic comparisons, we showed that overcolonization of farmers was caused by a few bacterial strains that were not present in nonfarmers but often caused swine infections. This finding suggests a high rate of strain exchange between pigs and farmers.
