Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from human patients, upper Austria

Karina Krziwanek; Sigrid Metz-Gercek; Helmut Mittermayer

doi:10.3201/eid1505.080326

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from human patients, upper Austria

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 May;15(5):766-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1505.080326.

Authors

Karina Krziwanek¹, Sigrid Metz-Gercek, Helmut Mittermayer

Affiliation

¹ Austrian National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Linz, Austria. [email protected]

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal type ST398 is usually associated with animals. We examined 1,098 confirmed MRSA samples from human patients and found that 21 were MRSA ST398. Most (16) patients were farmers. Increasing prevalence from 1.3% (2006) to 2.5% (2008) shows emergence of MRSA ST398 in humans in Austria.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Austria / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / microbiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / transmission
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / classification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
Middle Aged
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / transmission
Swine
Zoonoses / microbiology
Zoonoses / transmission