Unidirectional animal-to-human transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in pig farming; evidence from a surveillance study in southern Italy.
Mattia PiroloDaniela VisaggioAngela GioffrèIrene ArtusoMonica GherardiGrazia PaviaPasquale SameleLucia CiambroneRossella Di NataleGiovanna SpatariFrancesco CasalinuovoPaolo ViscaPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2019)
We report a high prevalence of MRSA among swine farm workers, with higher colonization rates associated with intensive breeding and animal exposure. Our findings suggest unidirectional animal-to-human transmission of LA-MRSA and denote the high zoonotic transmissibility of the ST398 livestock clade.