Cfr and fexA genes in methicillin-resistant from humans and livestock in the Netherlands.
Schouls, Leo M Veldman, Kees Brouwer, Michael S M Dierikx, Cindy Witteveen, Sandra van Santen-Verheuvel, Marga Hendrickx, Antoni P A Landman, Fabian Hengeveld, Paul Wullings, Bart
Schouls, Leo M
Veldman, Kees
Brouwer, Michael S M
Dierikx, Cindy
Witteveen, Sandra
van Santen-Verheuvel, Marga
Hendrickx, Antoni P A
Landman, Fabian
Hengeveld, Paul
Wullings, Bart
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2022-10-28
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Cfr and fexA genes in methicillin-resistant from humans and livestock in the Netherlands.
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Communications medicine 2022;2:135
Abstract
Although the Netherlands is a country with a low endemic level of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a national MRSA surveillance has been in place since 1989. In 2003 livestock emerged as a major reservoir of MRSA and currently livestock-associated MRSA (clonal complex CC398) make up 25% of all surveillance isolates. To assess possible transfer of resistant strains or resistance genes, MRSA obtained from humans and animals were characterized in detail.