title: First report of swine-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Lithuania.
abstract: During 2011, 160 nasal samples were taken from pigs on 8 different farms in Lithuania. Four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were obtained. The isolates were ST398, spa type t011 and SCCmec V and none carried the lukF/lukS genes. Strains were resistant to tetracycline, attributed to tetK and tetM genes, and to erythromycin owing to the ermB gene. One MRSA strain was resistant to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and carried the dfrK gene. This is the first report on the presence and characteristics of livestock-associated MRSA isolated from pigs in Lithuania.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilzes g. 18, LT-47181, Kaunas, Lithuania. ruzauskas@lva.lt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruzauskas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Couto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klimiene
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siugzdiniene
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pomba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents