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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus responsible for human colonization and infection in an area of Italy with high density of pig farming

BACKGROUND: Livestock-Associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) belonging to ST398 lineage, common among pigs and other animals, emerged in Central and Northern Europe, becoming a new risk factor for MRSA among farm workers. Strains belonging to ST398 can be responsible for human colonization and infection, mainly...

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Autores principales: Monaco, Monica, Pedroni, Palmino, Sanchini, Andrea, Bonomini, Annalisa, Indelicato, Annamaria, Pantosti, Annalisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23731504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-258