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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria |
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| Authors: | Karina Krziwanek Sigrid Metz-Gercek Helmut Mittermayer |
| Affiliation: | Austrian National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Linz, Austria |
| Abstract: | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emergence of MRSA ST398 in humans in Austria. |
| Keywords: | Antimicrobial resistance zoonoses staphylococci Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Austria ST398 pigs animals dispatch |