Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
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Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):1970-1.
Livestock-associated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Infection in Woman, Colombia
To the Editor: Staphylococcus aureus causes health care– and community-associated infections worldwide in humans and animals. It also asymptomatically colonizes a large proportion (20%–60%) of otherwise healthy individuals.
In recent years, various countries have reported an increasing number of humans infected with This report documents the emergence of human infection caused by MSSA spa type t571 ST398 in South America.
Despite being about only 1 case, this report nevertheless highlights the changing epidemiology of S. aureus within the region. The study was limited by the inability to sample animals from a surrounding farm to determine the potential for zoonotic spread of S. aureus in domestic environments S. aureus multilocus sequence type (ST) 398, which suggests that this strain is emerging in community and health care settings (1).
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) ST398 has received particular attention as a causative agent of infection in pigs, dogs, horses, cattle, and poultry. Colonization and infection in humans have also been described in Europe (2), Asia (3), Canada (4), and the United States (5), particularly among persons with frequent exposure to animals, such as farmers, veterinarians, and their household members.
However, infections with MRSA ST398 and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) ST398 have recently been described in persons with no history of contact with livestock (6–10).
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Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):1970-1.
Livestock-associated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Infection in Woman, Colombia
To the Editor: Staphylococcus aureus causes health care– and community-associated infections worldwide in humans and animals. It also asymptomatically colonizes a large proportion (20%–60%) of otherwise healthy individuals.
In recent years, various countries have reported an increasing number of humans infected with This report documents the emergence of human infection caused by MSSA spa type t571 ST398 in South America.
Despite being about only 1 case, this report nevertheless highlights the changing epidemiology of S. aureus within the region. The study was limited by the inability to sample animals from a surrounding farm to determine the potential for zoonotic spread of S. aureus in domestic environments S. aureus multilocus sequence type (ST) 398, which suggests that this strain is emerging in community and health care settings (1).
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) ST398 has received particular attention as a causative agent of infection in pigs, dogs, horses, cattle, and poultry. Colonization and infection in humans have also been described in Europe (2), Asia (3), Canada (4), and the United States (5), particularly among persons with frequent exposure to animals, such as farmers, veterinarians, and their household members.
However, infections with MRSA ST398 and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) ST398 have recently been described in persons with no history of contact with livestock (6–10).
Full article
thanks to MRSA Today