Descriptive Analysis of Antibiotic-Resistant Patterns of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) st398 Isolated from Healthy Swine

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ID15501784
AuthorsAna Morcillo (Universidad de La Laguna, corresponding author), Beatriz Castro (0000-0003-4965-0373, Hospital Universitario de Canarias), Cristobalina Rodríguez‐Alvarez (Universidad de La Laguna), Cristobalina Rodríguez-Álvarez (Universidad de La Laguna), Rossana Abreu (Universidad de La Laguna), Armando Aguirre-Jaime (Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria University Hospital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38010, Spain), Armando Aguirre‐Jaime (0000-0002-0749-4993, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria), A Arias (0000-0002-3015-4452, Universidad de La Laguna)
Year2015
Volume12
Issue1
Pages611-622
Publication date2015-01-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph120100611
PMID25588155
PMCIDPMC4306882
OpenAlexW2020503020
LanguageEN
References cited38

MRSA isolated from humans showed similar resistance to those isolated from pigs, excepting erythromycin, since all the workers' isolates were sensitive to this antibiotic. The evolution of new MRSA clones has emphasized the need for infection control practices in animals and humans in close contact

Antibacterial agent · Antibiotic resistance · Antibiotics · Bacteria · Biology · Erythromycin · Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus · Meticillin · Micrococcaceae · SCCmec · Staphylococcus aureus · Veterinary medicine · Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus · Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing · Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing · Medicine · Microbiology · Virology

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