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Characterization of Methicillin-resistent Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - isolates in respect of the presence of enterotoxin producing genes
Project
Project code: BfR-BIOS-08-1322-357
Contract period: 01.02.2007
- 31.12.2008
Purpose of research: Applied research
In 2007 a pilot study for the detection of MRSA from noses of slaughter pigs in Germany was launched in collaboration with two Federal Länder authorities (Nordrhein-Westfalen and Niedersachsen), each collecting and examining 500 swab samples from pigs. Suspect isolates had been send to the BfR for further differentiation, typing and antibiotic resistance testing. All of the MRSA-confirmed isolates had been included in the culture collection of the NRL for staphylococcus. In a second step it is now foreseen to examine assorted isolates in respect of further pathogenic factors such as the presence of the most concerning enterotoxin genes (types A ? E). Additionally, assorted isolates extracted from the baseline survey on the prevalence of MRSA in breeding pigs at the EU-level as well as assorted, on a national legal basis extracted isolates from food samples shall be examined analogical. The results may suite to further characterize the MRSA-isolates and to assess the food hygienic relevance of MRSA.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal health
- Animal nutrition
