MRSA Transmission between Cows and Humans

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Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
[저자] Éva Juhász-Kaszanyitzky, Szilárd Jánosi, Pál Somogyi, Ádám Dán, Linda vanderGraaf van Bloois, Engeline van Duijkeren, Jaap A. Wagenaar
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PMC URL    Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.3201/eid1304.060833    
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We isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cows with subclinical mastitis and from a person who worked with these animals. The bovine and human strains were indistinguishable by phenotyping and genotyping methods and were of a low frequency spa type. To our knowledge, this finding indicates the first documented case of direct transmission of MRSA between cows and humans.

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【저자키워드】 zoonosis, MLST, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, mastitis, dispatch, PFGE, cows, phage types, SCCmec type, spa-typing, Suggested citation for this article: Juhász-Kaszanyitzky E, Jánosi S, Somogyi P, Dán A, van der Graaf-van Bloois L, van Duijkeren E, et al. MRSA transmission between cows and humans. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2007 Apr [date cited]. Available from