Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China.

ABSTRACT: We report a SCCmec II, ST39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from pigs that harboured toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). The gene was located in a rare pathogenicity island SaPI68111, which also carried enterotoxin genes that can cause fatal infections. Pigs may potentially serve as a reservoir for MRSA dissemination.

SUBMITTER: Sapugahawatte DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473289 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature