Antimicrobial resistance and virulence gene profiles of methicillin-resistant and - susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from food products in Denmark

• Main Authors: Li, Heng, Andersen, Paal Skytt, Stegger, Marc, Sieber, Raphael N., Ingmer, Hanne, Staubrand, Nicholas, Dalsgaard, Anders, Leisner, Jørgen J.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; MRSA; MSSA
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145252
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Foods may potentially serve as vehicles for the transmission of antimicrobial-resistant variants of Staphylococcus aureus that are important in a human clinical context. Further, retail food products can be a cause of staphylococcal food poisoning. For these reasons and to account for source attribu...