Livestock-Associated Methicillin Resistant and Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type (CC)1 in European Farmed Animals: High Genetic Relatedness of Isolates from Italian Cattle Herds and Humans

Short communication: Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus in bulk tank milk from dairy goat farms in Northern Italy

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is associated with low within-herd prevalence of intra-mammary infections in dairy cows: Genotyping of isolates

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Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus responsible for human colonization and infection in an area of Italy with high density of pig farming

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Environmental methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination in pig herds in relation to the productive phase and application of cleaning and disinfection

(2012) G. Merialdi et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Long-term study of MRSA ST1, t127 mastitis in a dairy cow

(2012) R. Pilla et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Rapid detection, differentiation and typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harbouring either mecA or the new mecA homologue mecALGA251

(2011) M. Stegger et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Molecular characterization of spa type t127, sequence type 1 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pigs

(2011) A. Franco et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Stefan Monecke et al.   PLoS One

Molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates from geriatric patients attending a long-term care Spanish hospital

(2010) M. A. Argudin et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Geographic Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Invasive Infections in Europe: A Molecular-Epidemiological Analysis

(2010) Hajo Grundmann et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Comparison of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from teaching hospitals in London and the USA, 2004–2006: where is USA300 in the UK?

(2009) J. A. Otter et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Heterogeneity among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Italian pig finishing holdings

(2009) A. Battisti et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic Characterization of Vga ABC Proteins Conferring Reduced Susceptibility to Pleuromutilins in Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) D. R. Gentry et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Emergence and Characterization of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccocus aureus Infections in Denmark, 1999 to 2006

(2008) A. R. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY