articles about Staphylococcus aureus

Eradication of MRSA and ESBL-E on a model pig farm

25-Sep-2015
In summary, this report demonstrates that decontamination protocols similar to those used here can lead to successful elimination of contaminating MRSA and ESBL-E in pigs and the stable environment. Nevertheless, decontamination protocols do not prevent the acquisition of new MRSA strains.

Denmark: new strategy against MRSA

09-Jan-2015
Last December, the Danish Swine Investigations Centre (Videncenter for Svineproduktion; VSP) launched a strategic plan to control the spreading of the MRSA CC398.