Draft Genome Sequences of Nine Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 5 Isolates Obtained from Humans after Short-Term Swine Contact

Samantha J Hau; Darrell O Bayles; David P Alt; Timothy S Frana; Tracy L Nicholson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01080-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Nine Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 5 Isolates Obtained from Humans after Short-Term Swine Contact

Genome Announc. 2017 Oct 12;5(41):e01080-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01080-17.

Authors

Samantha J Hau¹, Darrell O Bayles², David P Alt², Timothy S Frana², Tracy L Nicholson³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
² National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, Ames, Iowa, USA.
³ National Animal Disease Center, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, Ames, Iowa, USA [email protected].

Abstract

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) sequence type 5 (ST5) has raised concerns surrounding the potential for these isolates to colonize or cause disease in humans with swine contact. Here, we report draft genome sequences for nine LA-MRSA ST5 isolates obtained from humans after short term swine contact.