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