Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people living and working in pig farms

Ingrid V.F. van den Broek; B. A.G.L. Van Cleef; A. Haenen; E. M. Broens; P. J. van der Wolf; M. J.M. van den Broek; X. W. Huijsdens; J. A.J.W. Kluytmans; A. W. van de Giessen; E. W. Tiemersma

doi:10.1017/S0950268808001507

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people living and working in pig farms

Ingrid V.F. van den Broek^*
, B. A.G.L. Van Cleef
, A. Haenen
, E. M. Broens
, P. J. van der Wolf
, M. J.M. van den Broek
, X. W. Huijsdens
, J. A.J.W. Kluytmans
, A. W. van de Giessen
, E. W. Tiemersma

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We compared the prevalence of human and animal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at pig farms in The Netherlands, and related this to individual and farm-level characteristics. More than half of the farms investigated (28/50) had MRSA in pigs or stable dust and about one third (15/50) of person(s) were identified as MRSA carriers. Human carriage was found only on farms with MRSA-positive pigs or dust. MRSA strains in human samples were the same spa -type as found in pigs and all were not typable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (NT-MRSA). Multivariate analyses showed that risk factors for human MRSA carriage were: working in pig stables (OR 40, 95% CI 8-209) and the presence of sows and finishing pigs (OR 9, 95% CI 3-30). Veterinary sample collectors sampling the pigs showed transient MRSA carriage only during the day of the farm visit. Working in pig stables with MRSA-positive pigs poses a high risk for acquiring MRSA, increasingly so when contact with live pigs is more intensive or long lasting.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	700-708
Number of pages	9
Journal	Epidemiology and Infection
Volume	137
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268808001507
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Domestic pigs
MRSA
Prevalence
Risk factors
Staphylococcus aureus
Zoonoses

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van den Broek, I. V. F., Van Cleef, B. A. G. L., Haenen, A., Broens, E. M., van der Wolf, P. J., van den Broek, M. J. M., Huijsdens, X. W., Kluytmans, J. A. J. W., van de Giessen, A. W., & Tiemersma, E. W. (2009). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people living and working in pig farms. Epidemiology and Infection, 137(5), 700-708. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268808001507

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