title: Absence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC398 as a nasal colonizer of pigs raised in an alternative system.
abstract: Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. LA-MRSA ST398 was not detected in nasal swabs from 178 pigs or from 89 humans working and living on these farms.
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany. cunych@rki.de
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuny
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D058751:Livestock; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine