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Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry.


ABSTRACT: We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and poultry samples (n = 136). S. aureus contaminated 47% of samples, and multidrug resistance was common among isolates (52%). S. aureus genotypes and resistance profiles differed significantly among sample types, suggesting food animal-specific contamination.

SUBMITTER: Waters AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3079400 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry.

Waters Andrew E AE   Contente-Cuomo Tania T   Buchhagen Jordan J   Liu Cindy M CM   Watson Lindsey L   Pearce Kimberly K   Foster Jeffrey T JT   Bowers Jolene J   Driebe Elizabeth M EM   Engelthaler David M DM   Keim Paul S PS   Price Lance B LB  

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20110415 10


We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and poultry samples (n = 136). S. aureus contaminated 47% of samples, and multidrug resistance was common among isolates (52%). S. aureus genotypes and resistance profiles differed significantly among sample types, suggesting food animal-specific contamination. ...[more]

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