Skin lesion by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ST398-t1451 in a Spanish pig farmer: Possible transmission from animals to humans
- Lozano, C. 1
- Aspiroz, C. 2
- Charlez, L. 3
- Gómez-Sanz, E. 1
- Toledo, M. 2
- Zarazaga, M. 1
- Torres, C. 1
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Universidad de La Rioja
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- 2 Unidad de Microbiología, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain
- 3 Unidad de Dermatología, Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza, Spain
ISSN: 1530-3667
Año de publicación: 2011
Volumen: 11
Número: 6
Páginas: 605-607
Tipo: Artículo
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Resumen
Skin lesions by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of the lineage ST398-t1451 were detected in a pig-farmer in Spain in 2010. Similar MRSA ST398-t1451 strains were also detected in nasal samples from the patient, his brother, and nine pigs from his farm. All human and animal strains were ascribed to the SCCmec type V and the agr type I, showed tetracycline-erythromycin- clindamycin resistances, and harbored the tetK, tetM, and ermC resistance genes. They were negative for all tested toxin genes (lukS/lukF, tst, eta, etb, and etd). All human and animal strains showed closely related pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-ApaI patterns. Possible MRSA transmission from animals to humans is suggested. © Copyright 2011, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.