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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 42, 2010 - Issue 4
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CASE REPORT

Pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Family transmission and severe pneumonia in a newborn

Gitte Nyvang Hartmeyer Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bente Gahrn-Hansen Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
,
Robert L. Skov Staphylococcal Reference Laboratory, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
&
Hans J. Kolmos Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Pages 318-320 | Received 24 Nov 2009, Accepted 25 Nov 2009, Published online: 03 Feb 2010
 
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Abstract

Carriage of pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is known to occur in pig farmers. Zoonotic lineages of MRSA have been considered of low virulence and with limited capacity for inter-human spread. We present a case of family transmission of pig-associated MRSA ST398, which resulted in a severe infection in a newborn.

Acknowledgements

We thank Professor Frank M. Aarestrup PhD, DVM, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark for providing us with results from the dust and pig samples.

Declaration of interest: No conflict of interest or funding to declare.

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