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Low-level colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs is maintained by slowly evolving, closely related strains in Finnish pig farms

BACKGROUND: Over the past two decades, livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) has become widely prevalent in pig production in Europe. The carriage status of LA-MRSA is known to vary among individual pigs, but bacterial load in pigs has rarely been studied. We ass...

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Autores principales: Verkola, Marie, Takala, Milla, Nykäsenoja, Suvi, Olkkola, Satu, Kurittu, Paula, Kiljunen, Saija, Tuomala, Henni, Järvinen, Asko, Heikinheimo, Annamari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36461079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-022-00653-y