Pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: family transmission and severe pneumonia in a newborn

Scand J Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;42(4):318-20. doi: 10.3109/00365540903510708.

Abstract

Carriage of pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is known to occur in pig farmers. Zoonotic lineages of MRSA have been considered of low virulence and with limited capacity for inter-human spread. We present a case of family transmission of pig-associated MRSA ST398, which resulted in a severe infection in a newborn.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Carrier State / transmission
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*
  • Virulence Factors / genetics
  • Zoonoses / microbiology*
  • Zoonoses / transmission*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Virulence Factors