Prevalence of types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in turkey flocks and personnel attending the animals.
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) have been isolated from a number of livestock species and persons involved in animal production. We investigated the prevalence of LA-MRSA in fattening turkeys and people living on farms that house fattening turkeys. Eighteen (90%) of 20 investigated flocks were positive for MRSA, and on 12 of the farms 22 (37·3%) of 59 persons sampled were positive for MRSA. People with frequent access to the stables were more likely to be positive for MRSA. In most flocks MRSA that could be assigned to clonal complex (CC) 398 were detected. In five flocks MRSA of spa-type t002 that is not related to CC398 were identified. Moreover, other methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. were detected on 11 farms and in eight people working on the farms.
Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart, Fellbach, Germany.
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D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D016017:Odds Ratio; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004391:Dust; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; C487789:mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus