Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to animal farming.
In The Netherlands, patients exposed to pigs or veal calves were recently shown to be at high risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. In Amphia Hospital (Breda, The Netherlands), 32% of patients in this risk group were shown to carry MRSA. This resulted in a 3-fold increase in the annual MRSA incidence.
van Rijen
Miranda Maria Lucia
MM
Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands. mvrijen@amphia.nl
Van Keulen
Peter H
PH
Kluytmans
Jan A
JA
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission