| Literature DB >> 19047652 |
Corinna Kehrenberg1, Christiane Cuny, Birgit Strommenger, Stefan Schwarz, Wolfgang Witte.
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal lineage ST398 and methicillin-susceptible lineage ST9 strains have their main reservoir in swine but can colonize and cause infections in humans. The phenicol/lincosamide/oxazolidinone/pleuromutilin/streptogramin A multidrug resistance gene cfr was detected in isolates of both clonal lineages, rendering a spread to humans with exposure to swine farming possible.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19047652 PMCID: PMC2630595 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01376-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191