First report of swine-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Lithuania

During 2011, 160 nasal samples were taken from pigs on 8 different farms in Lithuania. Four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were obtained. The isolates were ST398, spa type t011 and SCCmec V and none carried the lukF/lukS genes. Strains were resistant to tetracycline, att...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Polish journal of veterinary sciences 2013-01, Vol.16 (1), p.125-127
Hauptverfasser:	Ruzauskas, M., Couto, N., Belas, A., Klimiene, I., Siugzdiniene, R., Pomba, C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Lithuania - epidemiology methicillin-resistance Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - classification Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Microbial Sensitivity Tests pigs ST398 Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary Staphylococcus aureus Swine Swine Diseases - epidemiology Swine Diseases - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	During 2011, 160 nasal samples were taken from pigs on 8 different farms in Lithuania. Four methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were obtained. The isolates were ST398, spa type t011 and SCCmec V and none carried the lukF/lukS genes. Strains were resistant to tetracycline, attributed to tetK and tetM genes, and to erythromycin owing to the ermB gene. One MRSA strain was resistant to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and carried the dfrK gene. This is the first report on the presence and characteristics of livestock-associated MRSA isolated from pigs in Lithuania.
ISSN:	1505-1773 2300-2557
DOI:	10.2478/pjvs-2013-0018