title: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from human patients, upper Austria.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emergence of MRSA ST398 in humans in Austria.
authors.affiliation: Austrian National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Linz, Austria. karina.krziwanek@elisabethinen.or.at
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krziwanek
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metz-Gercek
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mittermayer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013552:Swine; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission