title: Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. neela2000@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Vasanthakumari
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Neela
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohd Zafrul
authors.forename: Nor Shamsudin
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Mariana
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
authors.forename: Yun Khoon
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: Ehsanollah Ghaznavi
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Rad
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors