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Published on: May 8, 2013
Detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in retail pork, United Kingdom,
N F Hadjirin1, E M Lay, G K Paterson
1Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) is an important cause of zoonotic infections in many countries. Here, we describe the isolation of LA-MRSA CC398 from retail meat samples of United Kingdom (UK) farm origin. Our findings indicate that this lineage is probably established in UK pig farms and demonstrate a potential pathway for the transmission of LA-MRSA CC398 from livestock to humans in the UK.
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