Livestock-Associated Staphylococcus aureus: The United States Experience

TC Smith - PLoS pathogens, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that colonizes a variety of animal
species [1]. S. aureus infections in animals are most commonly reported as a cause of …

MRSA in humans, pets and livestock in Portugal: Where we came from and where we are going

V Silva, A Monteiro, JE Pereira, L Maltez, G Igrejas… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the years, molecular ty** of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has allowed for
the identification of endemic MRSA strains and pathogenic strains. After reaching a peak of …

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 is an increasing cause of disease in people with no livestock contact in Denmark, 1999 to 2011

J Larsen, A Petersen, M Sørum, M Stegger… - …, 2015 - eurosurveillance.org
Livestock constitutes a potential reservoir of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
isolates belonging to a recently derived lineage within clonal complex 398 (MRSA CC398 …

Time-calibrated phylogenetic and chromosomal mobilome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus CC398 reveal geographical and host-related evolution

JE Fernandez, A Egli, G Overesch… - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
An international collection of Staphylococcus aureus of clonal complex (CC) 398 from
diverse hosts spanning all continents and a 30 year-period is studied based on whole …

Unidirectional animal-to-human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in pig farming; evidence from a surveillance study in southern Italy

M Pirolo, D Visaggio, A Gioffrè, I Artuso… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2019 - Springer
Background Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
belonging to clonal complex 398 is recognized as an occupational hazard for workers …

Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among human MRSA isolates, European Union/European Economic Area countries, 2013

P Kinross, A Petersen, R Skov… - …, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
Currently, surveillance of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(LA-MRSA) in humans in Europe is not systematic but mainly event-based. In September …

Livestock-associated MRSA and its current evolution

P Butaye, MA Argudín, TC Smith - Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2016 - Springer
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) is a relatively
recent phenomenon in veterinary medicine. Although in the beginning it was restricted to a …

Prevalence of the immune evasion gene cluster in Staphylococcus aureus CC398

C Cuny, M Abdelbary, F Layer, G Werner, W Witte - Veterinary microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
The immune evasion gene cluster (IEC) is typical for Staphylococcus aureus isolated from
humans but is usually absent in S. aureus isolated from animals. Previous studies have …

Transmission of highly virulent community-associated MRSA ST93 and livestock-associated MRSA ST398 between humans and pigs in Australia

S Sahibzada, S Abraham, GW Coombs, S Pang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Pigs have been recognised as a reservoir of livestock associated methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in Europe, Asia and North America. However, little is …

Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in bulk tank milk, livestock and dairy-farm personnel in north-central and north-eastern Greece …

P Papadopoulos, AS Angelidis, T Papadopoulos… - Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been an increased tendency towards raw-milk consumption, which may
pose a consumer risk, due to the possible presence of human pathogenic microorganisms …