Identical genotypes of community‐associated MRSA (ST59) and livestock‐associated MRSA (ST9) in humans and pigs in rural China |
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| Authors: | S Börjesson B Chen X Ji B Berglund M Wang M Nilsson H Yin Q Sun A Hulth Y Wang C Wu Z Bi L E Nilsson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Animal Health and Antimicrobial Strategies, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden;2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China;3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal‐Derived Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China;4. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Link?ping University, Link?ping, Sweden;5. School of Health Care Management, Shandong University, Shandong, China;6. Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, NHFPC (Shandong University), Shandong, China;7. Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the prevalence of MRSA in samples taken in households, with and without backyard pigs in villages in a rural area of Shandong Province, China. Community‐associated MRSA and livestock‐associated MRSA, belonging to ST59 and ST9, respectively, were identified in both humans and pigs. The genotypic and phenotypic comparison of isolates indicates that bidirectional transmission of MRSA has occurred between humans and pigs in the villages. |
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| Keywords: | community‐associated livestock‐associated methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission |
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