Pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Family transmission and severe pneumonia in a newborn

Authors :: Gitte Nyvang Hartmeyer
Bente Gahrn-Hansen
Hans Jørn Kolmos
Robert Skov
Source :: Hartmeyer, G N, Gahrn-Hansen, B, Skov, R L & Kolmos, H J 2010, ' Pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Family transmission and severe pneumonia in a newborn ', Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 318-20 . https://doi.org/10.3109/00365540903510708
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2010.
Abstract: Udgivelsesdato: 2010-Apr Abstract Carriage of pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is known to occur in pig farmers. Zoonotic lineages of MRSA have been considered of low virulence and with limited capacity for inter-human spread. We present a case of family transmission of pig-associated MRSA ST398, which resulted in a severe infection in a newborn.

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