MRSA USA300, USA300-LV and ST5-IV in pigs, Cuba

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2017 Feb;49(2):259-261. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.12.001. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Authors

Michel Baez¹, Alexandra Collaud², Ivette Espinosa³, Vincent Perreten⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; National Centre for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba.
² Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ National Centre for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba.
⁴ Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: vincent.perreten@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.

PMID: 28069325
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.12.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Carrier State / epidemiology
Carrier State / microbiology
Carrier State / veterinary*
Cuba / epidemiology
Genotype
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing
Phenotype
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary*
Swine