Event Title
Longitudinal study of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA colonization of US swine veterinarians
Publication Date
January 2013
Abstract
Patterns of detection of S. aureus are being evaluated in a longitudinal study of a cohort of 67 swine veterinarians in the USA. This report presents interim data from the initial period of the study. Overall, approximately 70% of sampling events yielded S. aureus in nasal swabs from veterinarians, and 8% yielded MRSA isolates.
Book Title
10th International Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork
Pages
119-121
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/safepork-180809-927
Included in
Animal Diseases Commons, Veterinary Infectious Diseases Commons, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology Commons, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health Commons
Longitudinal study of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA colonization of US swine veterinarians
Portland, Maine, USA
Patterns of detection of S. aureus are being evaluated in a longitudinal study of a cohort of 67 swine veterinarians in the USA. This report presents interim data from the initial period of the study. Overall, approximately 70% of sampling events yielded S. aureus in nasal swabs from veterinarians, and 8% yielded MRSA isolates.
