Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study

García-Álvarez, Laura; T. G. Holden, Matthew; Lindsay, Heather; Ruth Webb, Cerian; F. J. Brown, Derek; D. Curran, Martin; Walpole, Enid; Brooks, Karen; Pickard, Derek; Teale, Christopher; Parkhill, Julian; D. Bentley, Stephen; Edwards, Giles; K. Girvan, E.; Kearns, Angela; Pichon, Bruno; L. Hill, Robert; Rhod Larsen, Anders; Skov, Robert; J. Peacock, Sharon; J. Maskell, Duncan; A. Holmes, Mark

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(11)70126-8

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Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study

Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases • Jun 10, 2011

Authors:

Laura García-Álvarez

Matthew T. G. Holden

Heather Lindsay

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Animals can act as a reservoir and source for the emergence of novel meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones in human beings. Here, we report the discovery of a strain of S aureus (LGA251) isolated from bulk milk that was phenotypically resistant to meticillin but tested...

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SCCmec

Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

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