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SUBMITTER: Hadjirin NF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4841384 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hadjirin N F NF Lay E M EM Paterson G K GK Harrison E M EM Peacock S J SJ Parkhill J J Zadoks R N RN Holmes M A MA
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20150618 24
Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) is an important cause of zoonotic infections in many countries. Here, we describe the isolation of LA-MRSA CC398 from retail meat samples of United Kingdom (UK) farm origin. Our findings indicate that this lineage is probably established in UK pig farms and demonstrate a potential pathway for the transmission of LA-MRSA CC398 from livestock to humans in the UK. ...[more]