MRSA Strain 398

Understanding MRSA ST398

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:25:12 +0000

MRSA ST398 is a form of MRSA often encountered on farms. It is moving out slowly in to the general population. This site gathers information on this strain in an extended directory and adds new sources frequently. We run one of the largest general MRSA reference sites in the world.

MRSA found in retail pork products – Human cause?

Dave Roberts — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:03:58 +0000

Unexpectedly high levels of MRSA found in retail pork products. It is possible that a link between antibiotic use on the farm and MRSA on meat products may be obscured by human contamination of meat with MRSA after slaughter, according...

MRSA Found in Antibiotic-free Meat

Dave Roberts — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:22:51 +0000

MRSA Found in Antibiotic-free Meat | The Scientist. New research published in PLoS ONE found that nearly 65 percent of grocery store pork labeled “antibiotic-free” harbored Staph, and some 6 percent carried MRSA itself. The label “antibiotic-free” is unregulated. How...

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated From Pets Living in Households With MRSA-Infected Children

Dave Roberts — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:23:18 +0000

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated From Pets Living in Households With MRSA-Infected Children. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the most important causes of human healthcare-associated infections. Various studies have described suspected interspecies transmission of MRSA between human patients, their...

Resistant Bacteria Found in Poultry Meat

Dave Roberts — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:06:41 +0000

Resistant Bacteria Found in Poultry Meat. Of 20 chicken tests done at random in supermarkets and discount stores in Berlin, Hamberg, Cologne, Nuremberg and Stuttgart, 10 were positive with ESBL (Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase) and methicillin-resistant bacteria MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus...

MRSA Transmission in Piglets

Dave Roberts — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:25:23 +0000

Colonization and transmission of meth... [Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011] - PubMed - NCBI. A transmission experiment was performed to evaluate the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in nursery piglets. Reproduction ratios (R(0)) in three experimental groups were found...

Novel vga(E) gene in MRSA CC398 isolates from cattle and poultry

Dave Roberts — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:10:00 +0000

Detection of the novel vga(E) gene in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 isolates from cattle and poultry. The genes vga(A) and vga(C)1 and the most recently identified gene, vga(E),2 as well as the gene cfr, mediate transferable resistance to pleuromutilins in...

ST398 MRSA in Spanish Hospitals

Dave Roberts — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:07:41 +0000

High prevalence of spa types associated with the clonal lineage CC398 among tetracycline-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in a Spanish hospital. Methods Fifty-two TetR MRSA strains from unrelated patients were included in this study. Susceptibility to 26 antimicrobial agents was...

ST398 MRSA – What farming methods help stop spread

Dave Roberts — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:59:17 +0000

Absence of LA-MRSA CC398 as nasal col... [Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011] - PubMed - NCBI. Livestock associated MRSA ST398 was reported so far from pigs raised in conventional farms. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an...

Action needed to prevent the transfer of MRSA between humans and animals

Dave Roberts — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:38:28 +0000

Action needed to prevent the transfer of MRSA between humans and animals » Health » 24dash.com. Greater awareness of the relationship between human and animal medicine is essential if antimicrobial resistant infections, such as MRSA, are to be tackled effectively,...