Volume 14, Number 9—September 2008
Research
Pigs as Source of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 Infections in Humans, Denmark
Hannah C. Lewis, Kåre Mølbak, Catrin Reese, Frank M. Aarestrup, Mette Selchau, Marit Sørum, and Robert L. Skov
Table 2
Isolate characteristics for human case-patients and contact pig herds sampled, Denmark, March 2007*
| Case-patient no. | Date of diagnosis | Resistance pattern | spa type | Contact herd | No. isolates | Resistance pattern | spa type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
2005 Mar |
tet, ery, cli, str, tmp |
t034 |
A |
9 |
tet, ery, cli, str, spe, tmp |
t034 |
| 2 | 2005 Oct | tet, tmp | t034 | B | 5 | tet, tmp | t034 |
| 4 | tet, str, tmp | t034 | |||||
| 1 |
tet, str, tmp |
t038 |
|||||
| 3 | 2006 Oct | tet, ery, cli, str, spe, tmp | t034 | C | 1 | tet, ery, cli,str, spe, tmp | t034 |
| 2 |
tet, str, spe, tmp |
t034 |
|||||
| 4 | 2006 Nov | tet, kan, str, spe, tmp | t034 | D | 1 | tet, ery, cli, kan, str, spe, tmp | t034 |
*spa, staphylococcal protein A; tet, tetracycline; ery, erythromycin; cli, clindamycin; str, streptomycin; tmp, trimethoprim; spe, spectinomycin; kan, kananmycin.
