Livestock Density as Risk Factor for Livestock-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the Netherlands

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Feingold, Beth J. ; Silbergeld, Ellen K. ; Curriero, Frank C. ; van Cleef, Brigite A.G.L. ; Heck, Max E.O.C. ; Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W.
• Description:
  To determine whether persons living in areas of high animal density are at increased risk for carrying livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), we used an existing dataset of persons in the Netherlands with LA-MRSA carriage and controls who carried other types of MRSA. Results of running univariate and multivariate logistic regression models indicated that living in livestock-dense areas increases the odds of nasal carriage of LA-MRSA. We found that doubling pig, cattle, and veal calf densities per municipality increased the odds of LA-MRSA carriage over carriage of other types of MRSA by 24.7% (95% CI 0.9%-54.2%), 76.9% (95% CI 11.3%-81.3%), and 24.1% (95% CI 5.5%-45.9%), respectively, after adjusting for direct animal contact, living in a rural area, and the probable source of MRSA carriage. Controlling the spread of LA-MRSA thus requires giving attention to community members in animal-dense regions who are unaffiliated with livestock farming.
• Subjects:
  Animals Carrier State Case-Control Studies Cluster Analysis Humans Livestock Logistic Models Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Multivariate Analysis Population Density Risk Factors Staphylococcal Infections

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(11):1841-1849.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Netherlands
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:45640dbf09046f37c11a703f12fcb0fee1e1c5a689b8200e8271b1454448a24c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18698/cdc_18698_DS1.pdf
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