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KMID : 0545120100200040775
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2010 Volume.20 No. 4 p.775 ~ p.778
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Prevalence and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Raw Meat in Korea
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Lim Suk-Kyung
Nam Hyang-Mi
Park Hyun-Jung
Lee Hee-Soo
Choi Min-Jung
Jung Suk-Chan
Wee Sung-Hwan
Lee Ji-Youn
Kim Young-Jo
Song Si-Wook
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Abstract
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A total of 2,858 meat samples collected during 2003-2008 in Korea were investigated, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were isolated from 1.0% (9/890) of beef, 0.3% (4/1,055) of pork, and 0.3% (3/913) of chicken meat samples, respectively. MRSA isolates showed the two sequence types (STs), ST72 from beef and pork and ST692 from chicken meat. MRSA isolates from beef and pork were Panton-Valentine leukocidin -negative, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IVa strain with ST 72, which is the most prevalent type of community acquired-MRSA in Korea. An identical pulse-field gel electrophoresis pattern was detected among 10 of 16 MRSA isolates: 9 strains from beef (n=5) and pork (n=4) in 2008, respectively, and one strain from beef in 2005.
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KEYWORD
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MRSA, meats
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