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- Title
Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry.
- Authors
Waters, Andrew E; Contente-Cuomo, Tania; Buchhagen, Jordan; Liu, Cindy M; Watson, Lindsey; Pearce, Kimberly; Foster, Jeffrey T; Bowers, Jolene; Driebe, Elizabeth M; Engelthaler, David M; Keim, Paul S; Price, Lance B
- Abstract
We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and poultry samples (n = 136). S. aureus contaminated 47% of samples, and multidrug resistance was common among isolates (52%). S. aureus genotypes and resistance profiles differed significantly among sample types, suggesting food animal-specific contamination.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 10, p1227
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cir181