Pig exposure carries major MRSA ST398 risk

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in MRSA ST398 Infection Patterns, MRSA ST398 and Pigs, MRSA ST398 in Holland

CA MRSA is an urban issue – this coud mke it a rural issue

In The Netherlands, patients exposed to pigs or veal calves were recently shown to be at high risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. In Amphia Hospital (Breda, The Netherlands), 32% of patients in this risk group were shown to carry MRSA. This resulted in a 3-fold increase in the annual MRSA incidence.

Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resist…[Clin Infect Dis. 2008] – PubMed Result.

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