Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to animal farming.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
In The Netherlands, patients exposed to pigs or veal calves were recently shown to be at high risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. In Amphia Hospital (Breda, The Netherlands), 32% of patients in this risk group were shown to carry MRSA. This resulted in a 3-fold increase in the annual MRSA incidence.
Medical subject headings
- Cattle Diseases
- Methicillin Resistance
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Swine Diseases
- Zoonoses