Report of mecC-carrying MRSA in domestic swine.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We unexpectedly identified MRSA isolates carrying mecC (mecC-MRSA) from a Danish swine farm located in eastern Zealand. The objective of the present study was to investigate the origin of these isolates and their genetic relatedness to other mecC-MRSA isolates from Zealand.

Methods

WGS was used to infer the phylogenetic relationship between 19 identified mecC-MRSA isolates from the swine farm and 34 additional epidemiologically unrelated human isolates from the same geographical region of Denmark. Variations in the accessory genome were investigated by bioinformatics tools, and antibiotic susceptibility profiles were assessed by MIC determination.

Results

mecC-MRSA was isolated from a domestic swine farm, but not from cattle reared at the same farm. Phyloge

SUBMITTER: Angen O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5161050 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature