TY - JOUR AU - Witte, Wolfgang AU - Strommenger, Birgit AU - Stanek, Christian AU - Cuny, Christiane T1 - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Humans and Animals, Central Europe T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 2 SP - 255 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of clonal lineage ST398 that exhibits related spa types and contains SCCmec elements of types IVa or V has been isolated from colonized and infected humans and companion animals (e.g., dog, pig, horse) in Germany and Austria. Of particular concern is the association of these cases with cases of nosocomial ventilator-associated pneumonia. KW - MRSA KW - host specificity KW - spa typing KW - multilocus ST398 KW - central Europe KW - research KW - Germany KW - Austria DO - 10.3201/eid1302.060924 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/06-0924_article ER - End of Reference