Emergence of highly prevalent CA-MRSA ST93 as an occupational risk in people working on a pig farm in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The occurrence of livestock-associated (LA) MRSA (ST398) in pig herds has emerged as a threat to occupational safety in many parts of the world. Recently, an outbreak of skin lesions due to MRSA occurred in workers at a pig farm in regional Australia and both the humans and pigs were shown to have a high prevalence of carriage of either the human-strain ST93 or porcine strain ST398. This study closely scrutinises this outbreak to determine factors associated with MRSA carriage amongst the workers.

Methods

Information on potential risk factors was collected from employees by means of a questionnaire. The carriage status of MRSA by workers was assessed by nasal swabs processed using standard laboratory techniques with confirmed isolates subjected to sequence typing.

SUBMITTER: Sahibzada S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931470 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature