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Prevalence and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Raw Meat in Korea  

Lim, Suk-Kyung (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Nam, Hyang-Mi (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Park, Hyun-Jung (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Lee, Hee-Soo (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Choi, Min-Jung (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Jung, Suk-Chan (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Lee, Ji-Yeon (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Kim, Young-Cho (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Song, Si-Wook (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
Wee, Sung-Hwan (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.20, no.4, 2010 , pp. 775-778 More about this Journal
Abstract
A total of 2,858 meat samples collected during 2003-2008 in Korea were investigated, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were isolated from 1.0% (9/890) of beef, 0.3% (4/1,055) of pork, and 0.3% (3/913) of chicken meat samples, respectively. MRSA isolates showed the two sequence types (STs), ST72 from beef and pork and ST692 from chicken meat. MRSA isolates from beef and pork were Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IVa strain with ST72, which is the most prevalent type of communityacquired MRSA in Korea. An identical pulse-field gel electrophoresis pattern was detected among 10 of 16 MRSA isolates: 9 strains from beef (n=5) and pork (n=4) in 2008, and one strain from beef in 2005.
Keywords
MRSA; meat; SCCmec; MLST;
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