title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring mecC in livestock in Spain.
abstract: We report for the first time mecC-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mecC-MRSA) in livestock in Spain. One isolate (sequence type 130) was found in milk samples among 601 S. aureus isolates obtained from 229 dairy sheep farms. This finding highlights the potential for zoonotic transmission of mecC-positive MRSA and the need for surveillance programs to monitor its presence and clonal evolution.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ariza-Miguel
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain hernandez.marta@gmail.com rodlazda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.affiliation: Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain Institut of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernández-Natal
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain hernandez.marta@gmail.com rodlazda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Lázaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D058751:Livestock; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012756:Sheep; D013030:Spain; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins