Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus GG0398 on livestock farms and meat in the Netherlands
Despite the reduction of antimicrobial use by > 70% in veterinary medicine since 2009, most pig farms are still MRSA positive. Farmers have a higher risk of being a nasal MRSA carrier than persons in the general population. Meat is regularly contaminated with MRSA, but this is considered a limited risk for consumers. Almost all the MRSA belonged to GG0398 confirming the continuous predominance of this type of MRSA in livestock and on meat.
Authors
- Sandra Witteveen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-9028)
- Michael S. M. Brouwer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1067-7555)
- Kees Veldman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-3276)
- Paul Hengeveld
- Tryntsje Cuperus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5581-478X)
- Bart Wullings
- Michel Rapallini
- Antoni P. A. Hendrickx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-9323)
- Ben Wit
- Engeline van Duijkeren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9419-9852)
- Cindy Dierikx
Institutions
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
- Published
- 2025-04-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2025.04.007
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.19