Prevalence of livestock-associated MRSA on Dutch broiler farms and in people living and/or working on these farms

This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on 50 Dutch broiler farms. Of 145 persons living and/or working on these farms, eight tested positive for MRSA (5·5%). Investigation of 250 pooled throat samples of broilers and 755 d...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2013-05, Vol.141 (5), p.1099-1108
Main Authors: GEENEN, P. L., GRAAT, E. A. M., HAENEN, A., HENGEVELD, P. D., VAN HOEK, A. H. A. M., HUIJSDENS, X. W., KAPPERT, C. C., LAMMERS, G. A. C., VAN DUIJKEREN, E., VAN DE GIESSEN, A. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
admission
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Agriculture
Animals
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Carrier State
Chickens
Child
Child, Preschool
Consent
Employees
Farmers
Farming
Farms
Female
flocks
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
herds
Hogs
Humans
Infant
Livestock
Livestock farms
Male
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
netherlands
Netherlands - epidemiology
origin
Original Papers
pig farms
Poultry
Predisposing factors
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
resistant staphylococcus-aureus
Risk Factors
Sample size
software
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus infections
Streptococci, Streptococcal and Enterococci
Surveys and Questionnaires
Swine
Veal
Young Adult
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Summary:This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on 50 Dutch broiler farms. Of 145 persons living and/or working on these farms, eight tested positive for MRSA (5·5%). Investigation of 250 pooled throat samples of broilers and 755 dust samples resulted in four farms where MRSA-positive samples were present (8·0%). All isolates belonged to the CC398 complex. Living and/or working on a MRSA-positive farm was a risk for MRSA carriage; 66·7% of people on positive farms were MRSA positive vs. 1·5% on negative farms (P
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268812001616