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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2009 64(6):1325-1326; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp378
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Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in food samples of animal origin in Spain

Carmen Lozano, María López, Elena Gómez-Sanz, Fernanda Ruiz-Larrea, Carmen Torres and Myriam Zarazaga*

Departamento de Agricultura y Alimentación, Universidad de La Rioja, Madre de Dios 51, 26006 Logroño, Spain

* Corresponding author. Tel: +34-941-299751; Fax: +34-941-299721; E-mail: myriam.zarazaga@unirioja.es

Keywords: MRSA , food microbiology , ST398 , ST125 , ST217

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Sir,

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains belonging to clonal lineage sequence type (ST) 398 are being reported at an increasing frequency in Europe.1 This new MRSA type has been isolated from colonized and infected animals and humans, and also from meat in some countries,1,2 representing a risk to human health; nevertheless, so far, no data about detection of MRSA ST398 in food in Spain have been published.

A total of 318 raw food samples of food-producing animals (148 chicken, 55 pork, 46 veal, 19 lamb, 10 turkey, 8 rabbit and 12 minced-meat samples) and of wild . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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