Novel Lineage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hong Kong

Luca Guardabassi; Margie O'Donoghue; Arshnee Moodley; Jeff Ho; Maureen Boost

doi:10.3201/eid1512.090378

Novel Lineage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hong Kong

Luca Guardabassi, Margie O'Donoghue, Arshnee Moodley, Jeff Ho, Maureen Boost^*

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Abstract

To determine whether spa type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs belonged to sequence type (ST) 398, we analyzed nasal swabs from pig carcasses at Hong Kong markets in 2008. ST9 belonging to spa type t899 was found for 16/100 samples, which indicates that a distinct lineage has emerged in pigs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1998-2000
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	15
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.090378
Publication status	Published - Dec 2009
Externally published	Yes

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This work was supported by a grant from the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong (no. 0870912), and the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Research Keywords

FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS
PREVALENCE
STRAINS
CLONES
PIGS

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