Absence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC398 as a nasal colonizer of pigs raised in an alternative system

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Feb;78(4):1296-7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07260-11. Epub 2011 Dec 9.

Abstract

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. LA-MRSA ST398 was not detected in nasal swabs from 178 pigs or from 89 humans working and living on these farms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Carrier State / veterinary*
  • Livestock
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Typing
  • Nose / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Swine