Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates colonizing pigs with different exposure to antibiotics

Background In 2016, very high rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-ST398 (99%) were found in Portuguese pig farms that used colistin, amoxicillin, and zinc oxide as feed additives. Since then, farms A and B banned the use of colistin, and farm C banned the use of both antibiot...

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Main Author: Lopes, Elizeth (author)
Other Authors: Conceição, Teresa (author), Poirel, Laurent (author), de Lencastre, Hermínia (author), Aires-De-Sousa, Marta (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/95919
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/95919

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http://hdl.handle.net/10362/95919

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