TY - JOUR
T1 - Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among human MRSA isolates, European Union/European Economic Area countries, 2013
AU - European human LA-MRSA study group
AU - Kinross, Pete Thomas Ndaula
AU - Petersen, Andreas
AU - Skov, Robert
AU - Van Hauwermeiren, Evelyn
AU - Pantosti, Annalisa
AU - Laurent, Frédéric
AU - Voss, Andreas
AU - Kluytmans, Jan
AU - Struelens, Marc J.
AU - Heuer, Ole
AU - Monnet, Dominique L.
AU - Denis, Olivier
AU - Budimir, Ana
AU - Pieridou, Despo
AU - Žemličková, Helena
AU - Lindholm, Laura
AU - Layer, Franziska
AU - Spiliopoulou, Iris
AU - Petinaki, Efthymia
AU - Tóth, Ákos
AU - Haraldsson, Gunnsteinn
AU - Brennan, Gráinne I.
AU - Monaco, Monica
AU - Werner, Nicole
AU - Balode, Arta Olga
AU - Miciuleviciene, Jolanta
AU - Mossong, Joël
AU - Perrin, Monique
AU - Borg, Michael A.
AU - Larssen, Kjersti Wik
AU - Elstrøm, Petter
AU - Empel, Joanna
AU - Caniça, Manuela
AU - Manageiro, Vera
AU - Codita, Irina
AU - Nikš, Milan
AU - Dermota, Urška
AU - Vázquez, María Dolores Pérez
AU - Vindel, Ana
AU - Hæggman, Sara
AU - Mäkitalo, Barbro
AU - Kearns, Angela M.
AU - Pichon, Bruno
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors, 2017.
PY - 2017/11/2
Y1 - 2017/11/2
N2 - Currently, surveillance of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in humans in Europe is not systematic but mainly event-based. In September 2014, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) initiated a questionnaire to collect data on the number of LA-MRSA from human samples (one isolate per patient) from national/regional reference laboratories in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries in 2013. Identification of LA-MRSA as clonal complex (CC) 398 by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was preferred, although surrogate methods such as spa-typing were also accepted. The questionnaire was returned by 28 laboratories in 27 EU/EEA countries. Overall, LA-MRSA represented 3.9% of 13,756 typed MRSA human isolates, but it represented ≥ 10% in five countries (Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia). Seven of the reference laboratories did not type MRSA isolates in 2013. To monitor the dispersion of LA-MRSA and facilitate targeted control measures, we advocate periodic systematic surveys or integrated multi-sectorial surveillance.
AB - Currently, surveillance of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in humans in Europe is not systematic but mainly event-based. In September 2014, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) initiated a questionnaire to collect data on the number of LA-MRSA from human samples (one isolate per patient) from national/regional reference laboratories in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries in 2013. Identification of LA-MRSA as clonal complex (CC) 398 by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was preferred, although surrogate methods such as spa-typing were also accepted. The questionnaire was returned by 28 laboratories in 27 EU/EEA countries. Overall, LA-MRSA represented 3.9% of 13,756 typed MRSA human isolates, but it represented ≥ 10% in five countries (Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia). Seven of the reference laboratories did not type MRSA isolates in 2013. To monitor the dispersion of LA-MRSA and facilitate targeted control measures, we advocate periodic systematic surveys or integrated multi-sectorial surveillance.
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.44.16-00696
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.44.16-00696
M3 - Article
C2 - 29113628
AN - SCOPUS:85035052302
SN - 1025-496X
VL - 22
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
IS - 44
M1 - 16-00696
ER -
