Prevalence of ST9 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Pigs and Pig Handlers in Malaysia

V Neela; AM Zafrul; NS Mariana; Alex Belkum; YK Liew; EG Rad

doi:10.1128/JCM.01363-09

Prevalence of ST9 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Pigs and Pig Handlers in Malaysia

V Neela, AM Zafrul, NS Mariana, Alex Belkum, YK Liew, EG Rad

Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

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Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type 398 (ST398) has frequently been detected in pigs and pig handlers. However, in Malaysia, sampling 360 pigs and 90 pig handlers from 30 farms identified novel ST9-spa type t4358-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V MRSA strains that were found to transiently colonize more than 1% of pigs and 5.5% of pig handlers.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	4138-4140
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	47
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01363-09
Publication status	Published - 2009

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