Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
The problem seems to be: mastitis.
MRSA found in our milk: Superbug strain can cause serious infections in humans and is resistant to antibiotics
Scientists tested 1,500 samples of bulk milk and found seven cases of MRSA ST398 from five farms in England, Scotland and Wales
The superbug can cause serious and occasionally deadly infections in humans
By SEAN POULTER
PUBLISHED: 21 December 2012
A potentially deadly MRSA superbug has been found in British milk for the first time.
The superbug – already a problem in farm animals on the Continent – can cause serious and occasionally deadly infections in humans and is becoming a cause of udder infections in dairy cows.
The strain of MRSA known as ST398 is resistant to antibiotics, so doctors find it difficult to treat infected people effectively.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...mans-resistant-antibiotics.html#ixzz2FxpdkDQL
A novel MRSA-strain was found in milksamples in the UK and Denmark:
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study.
MRSA was also found in milksamples in the USA, Germany, Canada, The Netherlands, Japan:
Methicillin-resistant staphylococci: implications for our food supply?
Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from bulk tank milk of dairy herds.
Antimicrobial resistance profiles of common mastitis pathogens on Canadian dairy farms.
Bovine-associated MRSA ST398 in the Netherlands.
Prevalence and mechanism of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from diseased cattle, swine and chickens in Japan.
MRSA found in our milk: Superbug strain can cause serious infections in humans and is resistant to antibiotics
Scientists tested 1,500 samples of bulk milk and found seven cases of MRSA ST398 from five farms in England, Scotland and Wales
The superbug can cause serious and occasionally deadly infections in humans
By SEAN POULTER
PUBLISHED: 21 December 2012
A potentially deadly MRSA superbug has been found in British milk for the first time.
The superbug – already a problem in farm animals on the Continent – can cause serious and occasionally deadly infections in humans and is becoming a cause of udder infections in dairy cows.
The strain of MRSA known as ST398 is resistant to antibiotics, so doctors find it difficult to treat infected people effectively.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...mans-resistant-antibiotics.html#ixzz2FxpdkDQL
A novel MRSA-strain was found in milksamples in the UK and Denmark:
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with a novel mecA homologue in human and bovine populations in the UK and Denmark: a descriptive study.
MRSA was also found in milksamples in the USA, Germany, Canada, The Netherlands, Japan:
Methicillin-resistant staphylococci: implications for our food supply?
Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from bulk tank milk of dairy herds.
Antimicrobial resistance profiles of common mastitis pathogens on Canadian dairy farms.
Bovine-associated MRSA ST398 in the Netherlands.
Prevalence and mechanism of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from diseased cattle, swine and chickens in Japan.