MRSA CC398 (st398)in Pig Farm Households: A Pilot Study

[Pat Gardiner]

Pat's Note: Nothing unexpected here. Keep the kids away from pigs.

Sad, isn't it, especially when the presence of MRSA st398 in British
pigs has been hidden up for a decade.

Nobody thought it their job to protect the kids.

"…By restricting access to the stables and exposure to pigs, MRSA
acquisition by household members could be greatly reduced.

http://scibite.com/site/library/2013_6/1/0/23741497.html

Dynamic of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus CC398 in Pig Farm Households: A Pilot Study
Source: Garcia-Graells C et al PLoS One. 2013 May 31;8(5):e65512. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0065512. Print 2013.
Organisation: Laboratoire de Reference MRSA-Staphylocoques, Department
of Microbiology, Erasme Hospital-Universite Libre de Bruxelles,
Brussels, Belgium.
CC398 Celpillina

The aim of this study was to determine the long-term carriage rates
and transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) in pig farmers and their household members. During a
6-month period in 2009-2010, 4 pig farms in Denmark, Belgium, and the
Netherlands, respectively, were studied for the presence of MRSA. The
proportion of persistent carriers was significantly higher among
farmers than among household members (87% vs. 11%) and significantly
higher in household members from Belgium compared to those from
Denmark and the Netherlands (29% vs. 0% vs. 6%). Determinant analysis
of MRSA carriage revealed that pig contact was the most important
determinant for MRSA carriage among household members and that the
increased MRSA carriage rate observed among household members from
Belgium is linked to country-specific differences in pig exposure.
These findings demonstrated that even in pig farms with very high
carriage rates of MRSA both in livestock and farmers, the risk for
household members to acquire MRSA is limited and still depends
strongly on pig exposure. By restricting access to the stables and
exposure to pigs, MRSA acquisition by household members could be
greatly reduced


Regards
Pat Gardiner
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release and independently audit the results of testing British pigs
for MRSA, C.Diff and Hepatitis E now!
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