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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not detected in Swedish nucleus and multiplying pig herds

Introduction: Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) has emerged among pigs in many countries. MRSA in the pig population constitute a reservoir with risk for transmission to humans in close contact with pigs. Absence of MRSA in the top of the breeding pyramid wou...

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Autores principales: Unnerstad, Helle Ericsson, Wahlström, Helene, Molander, Benedicta, Bengtsson, Björn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28567211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2017.1313068
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author Unnerstad, Helle Ericsson
Wahlström, Helene
Molander, Benedicta
Bengtsson, Björn
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description Introduction: Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) has emerged among pigs in many countries. MRSA in the pig population constitute a reservoir with risk for transmission to humans in close contact with pigs. Absence of MRSA in the top of the breeding pyramid would prevent spread to the rest of the pig population. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of MRSA in nucleus and multiplying pig herds in Sweden. Materials and methods: All nucleus and multiplying pig herds in Sweden present in 2011 (n = 53) and 2014 (n = 39) were sampled for MRSA. Results and discussion: MRSA was not detected either in 2011 or in 2014. That MRSA was not detected in the top of the breeding pyramid indicates a favourable MRSA situation in the Swedish pig population. A bbreviations: MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; LA-MRSA: livestock-associated MRSA; CC: clonal complex
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spelling pubmed-54430642017-05-31 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not detected in Swedish nucleus and multiplying pig herds Unnerstad, Helle Ericsson Wahlström, Helene Molander, Benedicta Bengtsson, Björn Infect Ecol Epidemiol Short Communication Introduction: Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) has emerged among pigs in many countries. MRSA in the pig population constitute a reservoir with risk for transmission to humans in close contact with pigs. Absence of MRSA in the top of the breeding pyramid would prevent spread to the rest of the pig population. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of MRSA in nucleus and multiplying pig herds in Sweden. Materials and methods: All nucleus and multiplying pig herds in Sweden present in 2011 (n = 53) and 2014 (n = 39) were sampled for MRSA. Results and discussion: MRSA was not detected either in 2011 or in 2014. That MRSA was not detected in the top of the breeding pyramid indicates a favourable MRSA situation in the Swedish pig population. A bbreviations: MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; LA-MRSA: livestock-associated MRSA; CC: clonal complex Taylor & Francis 2017-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5443064/ /pubmed/28567211 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2017.1313068 Text en © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus not detected in Swedish nucleus and multiplying pig herds
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28567211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2017.1313068
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