Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emerge...

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Autores principales: Krziwanek, Karina, Metz-Gercek, Sigrid, Mittermayer, Helmut
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19402964
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.080326
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author Krziwanek, Karina
Metz-Gercek, Sigrid
Mittermayer, Helmut
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description Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emergence of MRSA ST398 in humans in Austria.
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spelling pubmed-26870062009-05-28 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria Krziwanek, Karina Metz-Gercek, Sigrid Mittermayer, Helmut Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emergence of MRSA ST398 in humans in Austria. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2687006/ /pubmed/19402964 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.080326 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Krziwanek, Karina
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Mittermayer, Helmut
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
title Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
title_full Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
title_fullStr Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
title_full_unstemmed Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
title_short Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
title_sort methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus st398 from human patients, upper austria
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19402964
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.080326
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