title: Antimicrobial resistance of old and recent Staphylococcus aureus isolates from poultry: first detection of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant strain ST398.
abstract: The susceptibilities of 12 antimicrobial agents for two collections of Staphylococcus aureus, isolated in the 1970s and in 2006 from poultry, were determined. For eight antibiotics, the percentage of resistance was significantly higher in the recent isolates. Ten recent isolates were methicillin resistant and had spa types t011 and t567, belonging to multilocus sequence type 398. This is the first report of "livestock-associated" methicillin resistant S. aureus from healthy poultry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Mostafa.Nemati@UGent.be
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nemati
authors.forename: Katleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lipinska
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deplano
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Struelens
authors.forename: Luc A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Devriese
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pasmans
authors.forename: Freddy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haesebrouck
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors