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Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Poultry
Davy Persoons1, Sebastiaan Van Hoorebeke1
, Katleen Hermans, Patrick Butaye, Aart de Kruif, Freddy Haesebrouck, and Jeroen Dewulf
, Katleen Hermans, Patrick Butaye, Aart de Kruif, Freddy Haesebrouck, and Jeroen Dewulf
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Comparison of spa type methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pigs and poultry*
| Source | spa type | Composition† |
|---|---|---|
| Pig | t011 | 008 – 16 – 02 – 25 – – – – – 34 – 24 – 25 |
| Pig | t034 | 008 – 16 – 02 – 25 – 02 – 25 – 34 – 24 – 25 |
| Pig | t108 | 008 – 16 – 02 – 25 – – – – – – – 24 – 25 |
| Pig | t567 | 008 – – – 02 – 25 – – – – – – – 24 – 25 |
| Pig | t943 | 008 – 16 – 02 – 25 – – – 25 – – – 24 – 25 |
| Pig | t1254 | 106 – 16 – 02 – 25 – – – – – 34 – 24 – 25 |
| Pig | t1255 | 008 – 16 – – – – – – – – – 34 – 24 – 25 |
| Poultry | t1456 | 008 – 16 – 02 – 25 |
*All spa types isolated from pigs were described in de Neeling AJ, van den Broek MJM, Spalburg EC, van Santen-Verheuvel MG, Dam-Deisz WDC, Boshuizen HC, et al. High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs. Vet Microbiol. 2007;122:366–72
†Variable number tandem repeat composition in the 3’ end of the spa gene.
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