Abstract
A survey of 280 attendees at a veterinary meeting in the Czech Republic in 2008 revealed a carriage rate of 0.7% for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The two strains isolated were of distinct genetic lineages, carried type IV SCCmec determinants and were negative for Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. The MRSA positivity rates for veterinarians in the Czech Republic is considerably lower than reported elsewhere.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Animal Technicians*
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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Carrier State / epidemiology*
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Carrier State / microbiology*
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Czech Republic / epidemiology
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Exotoxins / genetics
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Female
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Genotype
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Humans
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Leukocidins / genetics
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Male
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
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Middle Aged
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Penicillin-Binding Proteins
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Population Surveillance*
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Prevalence
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Veterinarians*
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Young Adult
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins
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Exotoxins
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Leukocidins
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin
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Penicillin-Binding Proteins
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mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus