The increase of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the presence of an unusual sequence type ST49 in slaughter pigs in Switzerland

BACKGROUND: In years past, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has been frequently detected in pigs in Europe, North America and Asia. Recent, yet sporadic studies have revealed a low occurrence of MRSA in Switzerland. In 2009, a monitoring survey of the prevalence and genetic diversity of methic...

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Autores principales: Overesch, Gudrun, Büttner, Sabina, Rossano, Alexandra, Perreten, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21702906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-7-30

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