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Fatal septicemia linked to transmission of MRSA clonal complex 398 in hospital and nursing home, Denmark

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Abstract

We describe 2 fatal cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal complex 398 septicemia in persons who had no contact with livestock. Whole-genome sequencing of the isolated MRSA strains strongly suggest that both were of animal origin and that the patients had been infected through 2 independent person-to-person transmission chains.

antimicrobial resistance bacteremia bacteria bacterial infections disease transmission infectious livestock methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus molecular epidemiology spa typing staphylococci Microbiology (medical) Infectious Diseases Epidemiology