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

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  • Jesper Larsen
  • Marc Stegger
  • Paal Skytt Andersen
  • Andreas Petersen
  • Anders R Larsen
  • Marie Yvonne Feraren Agersø
  • Alexandra Fetsch
  • Britta Kraushaar
  • Annemarie Käsbohrer
  • Andrea T Feβler
  • Stefan Schwarz
  • Christiane Cuny
  • Wolfgang Witte
  • Patrick Butaye
  • Olivier Denis
  • Marisa Haenni
  • Jean-Yves Madec
  • Eric Jouy
  • Frederic Laurent
  • Antonio Battisti
  • Alessia Franco
  • Patricia Alba
  • Caterina Mammina
  • Annalisa Pantosti
  • Monica Monaco
  • Jaap A Wagenaar
  • Enne de Boer
  • Engeline van Duijkeren
  • Max Heck
  • Lucas Domínguez
  • Carmen Torres
  • Myriam Zarazaga
  • Lance B Price
  • Robert Leo Skov

We investigated the evolution and epidemiology of a novel livestock-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 - Nov 2016

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