Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterinary personnel.
A survey of 280 attendees at a veterinary meeting in the Czech Republic in 2008 revealed a carriage rate of 0.7% for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The two strains isolated were of distinct genetic lineages, carried type IV SCCmec determinants and were negative for Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. The MRSA positivity rates for veterinarians in the Czech Republic is considerably lower than reported elsewhere.
Zemlicková
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National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic. hzemlickova@szu.cz
Fridrichová
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Tyllová
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K
Jakubů
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V
Machová
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017750:Animal Technicians; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D018634:Veterinarians; D055815:Young Adult
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; C487789:mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus