Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe

Brigitte A G L van Cleef; Dominique L Monnet; Andreas Voss; Karina Krziwanek; Franz Allerberger; Marc Struelens; Helena Zemlickova; Robert L Skov; Jaana Vuopio-Varkila; Christiane Cuny; Alexander W Friedrich; Iris Spiliopoulou; Judit Pászti; Hjordis Hardardottir; Angela Rossney; Angelo Pan; Annalisa Pantosti; Michael Borg; Hajo Grundmann; Manica Mueller-Premru; Barbro Olsson-Liljequist; Andreas Widmer; Stephan Harbarth; Alexander Schweiger; Serhat Unal; Jan A J W Kluytmans

doi:10.3201/eid1703.101036

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;17(3):502-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101036.

Affiliation

¹ Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. brigitte.van.cleef@rivm.nl

Abstract

To estimate the proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from humans that were sequence type (ST) 398, we surveyed 24 laboratories in 17 countries in Europe in 2007. Livestock-associated MRSA ST398 accounted for only a small proportion of MRSA isolates from humans; most were from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Austria.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Austria / epidemiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Belgium / epidemiology
Cattle / microbiology*
Denmark / epidemiology
Disease Reservoirs / microbiology*
Europe / epidemiology
Humans
Livestock / microbiology*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Netherlands / epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Swine / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents