Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from human patients, upper Austria.

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Karina Krziwanek, Sigrid Metz-Gercek, Helmut Mittermayer

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Karina Krziwanek: Austrian National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Linz, Austria. karina.krziwanek@elisabethinen.or.at

PMID: 19402964 DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.080326

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emergence of MRSA ST398 in humans in Austria.

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Adult

Aged

Aged, 80 and over

Animal Husbandry

Animals

Austria

Communicable Diseases, Emerging

Female

Humans

Infant

Male

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Middle Aged

Staphylococcal Infections

Swine

Zoonoses

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