Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to animal farming

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2):261-3. doi: 10.1086/524672.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology
  • Swine Diseases / microbiology*
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses / microbiology*
  • Zoonoses / transmission