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Emerging Microbes & InfectionsJun 2020

Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China

Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawatte, Carmen Li, Yun Kit Yeoh, Priyanga Dharmaratne, Chendi Zhu & Margaret Ip
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NGS
Abstract
We report a SCCmec II, ST39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from pigs that harboured toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). The gene was located in a rare pathogenicity island SaPI68111, which also carried enterotoxin genes that can cause fatal infections. Pigs may potentially serve as a reservoir for MRSA dissemination.
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NGS

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