title: Presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs in Peru.
abstract: We report the first detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in pigs in Peru. The isolates belong to a livestock-associated lineage previously reported in North America and Europe, CC398, and a highly virulent USA300-like ST8-IV variant, which is the predominant community-associated lineage in Latin America.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, San Marcos Major National University, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Carmen S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Arriola
authors.forename: Mariella E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Güere
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Skov
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: Armando E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Ellen K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Silbergeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000502:physiology*; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000382:microbiology*