Detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in retail pork, United Kingdom, February 2015

N F Hadjirin; E M Lay; G K Paterson; E M Harrison; S J Peacock; J Parkhill; R N Zadoks; M A Holmes

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.24.21156

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Detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in retail pork, United Kingdom, February 2015
N F Hadjirin¹ , E M Lay¹ , G K Paterson² , E M Harrison³ , S J Peacock^3,4 , J Parkhill⁴ , R N Zadoks^5,6 , M A Holmes¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom ² School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom ³ Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom ⁴ The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom ⁵ Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik, United Kingdom ⁶ University of Glasgow, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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M Holmes
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Citation style for this article: Hadjirin N F, Lay E M, Paterson G K, Harrison E M, Peacock S J, Parkhill J, Zadoks R N, Holmes M A. Detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in retail pork, United Kingdom, February 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(24):pii=21156. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.24.21156 Received: 02 Jun 2015

Abstract

Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to clonal complex 398 (LA-MRSA CC398) is an important cause of zoonotic infections in many countries. Here, we describe the isolation of LA-MRSA CC398 from retail meat samples of United Kingdom (UK) farm origin. Our findings indicate that this lineage is probably established in UK pig farms and demonstrate a potential pathway for the transmission of LA-MRSA CC398 from livestock to humans in the UK.