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Euro Surveill. First detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in bulk tank milk in the United Kingdom, January to July 2012
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G K Paterson<SUP>1</SUP>, J Larsen<SUP>2</SUP>, E M Harrison<SUP>1</SUP>, A R Larsen<SUP>2</SUP>, F J Morgan<SUP>1</SUP>, S J Peacock<SUP>3</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, J Parkhill<SUP>4</SUP>, R N Zadoks<SUP>5</SUP>, M A Holmes (
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Citation style for this article: Paterson GK, Larsen J, Harrison EM, Larsen AR, Morgan FJ, Peacock SJ, Parkhill J, Zadoks RN, Holmes MA. First detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in bulk tank milk in the United Kingdom, January to July 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(50):pii=20337. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20337
Date of submission: 27 November 2012 <HR>Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) is an important cause of zoonotic infections in several countries, but there is only a single published report of this lineage from the United Kingdom (UK). Here, we describe the isolation of LA-MRSA CC398 from bulk tank milk from five geographically dispersed farms in the UK. Our findings suggest that LA-MRSA CC398 is established in livestock in the UK. Awareness of the potential occupational risks and surveillance in other food-producing animal species should be promoted.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 50, 13 December 2012
Rapid communications
First detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in bulk tank milk in the United Kingdom, January to July 2012
Rapid communications
First detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in bulk tank milk in the United Kingdom, January to July 2012
G K Paterson<SUP>1</SUP>, J Larsen<SUP>2</SUP>, E M Harrison<SUP>1</SUP>, A R Larsen<SUP>2</SUP>, F J Morgan<SUP>1</SUP>, S J Peacock<SUP>3</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, J Parkhill<SUP>4</SUP>, R N Zadoks<SUP>5</SUP>, M A Holmes (
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Paterson GK, Larsen J, Harrison EM, Larsen AR, Morgan FJ, Peacock SJ, Parkhill J, Zadoks RN, Holmes MA. First detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in bulk tank milk in the United Kingdom, January to July 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(50):pii=20337. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20337
Date of submission: 27 November 2012 <HR>Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) is an important cause of zoonotic infections in several countries, but there is only a single published report of this lineage from the United Kingdom (UK). Here, we describe the isolation of LA-MRSA CC398 from bulk tank milk from five geographically dispersed farms in the UK. Our findings suggest that LA-MRSA CC398 is established in livestock in the UK. Awareness of the potential occupational risks and surveillance in other food-producing animal species should be promoted.