Letter to the editor: Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), Austria, 2013
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To the editor: In their article titled ‘Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) among human MRSA isolates, European Union/ European Economic Area countries, 2013’, Kinross et al. recently reported on the occurrence of LA-MRSA in humans [1]. The results were obtained by an ECDC initiated study documenting the identification of LA-MRSA (i.e. CC398 and ‘other’ LA-MRSA) in European Union/ European Economic Area countries (EU/EEA) countries and the MRSA subtyping capacity and availability in EU/EEA national or regional reference laboratories. ECDC National Focal Points for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) were invited to designate a primary and alternate contact person with expertise in molecular surveillance of MRSA for public health purposes and with access to data for the survey in their respective countries; 27 of 30 EU/EEA countries responded to this request for data.
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Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among human MRSA isolates, European Union/European Economic Area countries, 2013
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 laborato...
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