MRSA transmission between cows and humans
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2007
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Kaszanyitzky, E.J.
Janosi, S.
Somogyi, P.
van Bloois, L.
van Duijkeren, E
Wagenaar, J.A.
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Abstract
We isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cows with subclinical mastitis and from a person who worked with these animals. The bovine and human strains were indistinguishable by phenotyping and genotyping methods and were of a low frequency spa type. To our knowledge, this finding indicates the first documented case of direct transmission of MRSA between cows and humans.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, cows, mastitis, zoonosis, phage types, PFGE, SCCmec type, spa-typing, MLST, dispatch
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Kaszanyitzky, E J, Janosi, S, Somogyi, P, van der Graaf-van Bloois, L, van Duijkeren, E & Wagenaar, J A 2007, 'MRSA transmission between cows and humans', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 13, pp. 630-632. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.060833