Naslov
Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among human MRSA isolates, European Union/European Economic Area countries, 2013

Autori
Kinross, Pete ; Petersen, Andreas ; Skov, Robert ; Van Hauwermeiren, Evelyn ; Pantosti, Annalisa ; Laurent, Frédéric ; Voss, Andreas ; Kluytmans, Jan ; Struelens, Marc J. ; Heuer, Ole ; Monnet, Dominique L.

Kolaboracija
European human LA-MRSA study group

Izvornik
Eurosurveillance (1025-496X) 22 (2017), 44; 1-13

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, ostalo

Ključne riječi
Europe ; cross-sectional studies ; livestock-associated ; meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in humans

Sažetak
Currently, surveillance of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA- MRSA) in humans in Europe is not systematic but mainly event-based. In September 2014, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) initiated a questionnaire to collect data on the number of LA-MRSA from human samples (one isolate per patient) from national/regional reference laboratories in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries in 2013. Identification of LA-MRSA as clonal complex (CC) 398 by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was preferred, although surrogate methods such as spa-typing were also accepted. The questionnaire was returned by 28 laboratories in 27 EU/EEA countries. Overall, LA-MRSA represented 3.9% of 13, 756 typed MRSA human isolates, but it represented ≥ 10% in five countries (Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia). Seven of the reference laboratories did not type MRSA isolates in 2013. To monitor the dispersion of LA-MRSA and facilitate targeted control measures, we advocate periodic systematic surveys or integrated multi-sectorial surveillance.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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