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- Title
Low Incidence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Bacteraemia in The Netherlands in 2009.
- Authors
van Cleef, Brigitte A. G. L.; van Benthem, Birgit H. B.; Haenen, Anja P. J.; Bosch, Thijs; Monen, Jos; Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W.
- Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a worldwide problem in both hospitals and communities all over the world. In 2003, a new MRSA clade emerged with a reservoir in pigs and veal calves: livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA). We wanted to estimate the incidence of bacteraemias due to LA-MRSA using national surveillance data from 2009 in the Netherlands. We found a low incidence of LA-MRSA and MRSA bacteraemia episodes, compared to bacteraemias caused by all S. aureus (0.04, 0.18 and 19.3 episodes of bacteraemia per 100,000 inhabitants per year, respectively). LA-MRSA and MRSA were uncommon compared to numbers from other countries as well. MRSA in general and LA-MRSA in specific does not appear to be a public health problem in the Netherlands now. The low incidence of LA-MRSA bacteraemia episodes may best be explained by differences in the populations affected by LA-MRSA versus other MRSA. However, reduced virulence of the strain involved, and the effectiveness of the search and destroy policy might play a role as well.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; DISEASE incidence; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus; BACTEREMIA; PUBLIC health; VIRULENCE of bacteria; LIVESTOCK
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0073096