Evidence for Human Adaptation and Foodborne Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Jesper Larsen, Marc Stegger, Paal S. Andersen, Andreas Petersen, Anders R. Larsen, Henrik Westh, Yvonne Agersø, Alexandra Fetsch, Britta Kraushaar, Annemarie Kaesbohrer, Andrea T. Fessler, Stefan Schwarz, Christiane Cuny, Wolfgang Witte, Patrick Butaye, Olivier Denis, Marisa Haenni, Jean-Yves Madec, Eric Jouy, Frederic LaurentAntonio Battisti, Alessia Franco, Patricia Alba, Caterina Mammina, Annalisa Pantosti, Monica Monaco, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Enne de Boer, Engeline van Duijkeren, Max Heck, Lucas Dominguez, Carmen Torres, Myriam Zarazaga, Lance B. Price, Robert L. Skov

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Abstract

We investigated the evolution and epidemiology of a novel live-stock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain, which colonizes and infects urban-dwelling Danes even without a Danish animal reservoir. Genetic evidence suggests both poultry and human adaptation, with poultry meat implicated as a probable source.
Original languageEnglish
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume63
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)1349-1352
Number of pages4
ISSN1058-4838
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited.

Keywords

  • MRSA
  • foodborne transmission
  • host adaptation
  • livestock
  • poultry
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases
  • IMMUNOLOGY
  • INFECTIOUS
  • MICROBIOLOGY

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