Clonal comparison of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from healthy pig farmers, human controls, and pigs.(DISPATCHES) From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Andremont, Antoine; Arman-Lefevre, Laurence; Ruimy, Raymond | COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Pig farming is a risk factor for increased nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonization. Using sequence typing and phylogenetic comparisons, we showed that overcolonization of farmers was caused by a few bacterial strains that were not present in nonfarmers but often caused swine infections. This finding suggests a high rate of strain exchange between pigs and farmers.

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