Livestock-Associated Methicillin and Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is Present among Industrial, Not Antibiotic-Free Livestock Operation Workers in North Carolina

Citation

Rinsky, Jessica L.; Nadimpalli, Maya L.; Wing, Steve B.; Hall, Devon J.; Baron, Dothula; Price, Lance B.; Larsen, Jesper R.; Stegger, Marc; Stewart, Jill R.; & Heaney, Christopher D. (2013). Livestock-Associated Methicillin and Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is Present among Industrial, Not Antibiotic-Free Livestock Operation Workers in North Carolina. PLOS ONE, 8(7), e67641. PMCID: PMC3699663

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Administration of antibiotics to food animals may select for drug-resistant pathogens of clinical significance, such as methicillin-resistant

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067641

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2013

Journal Title

PLOS ONE

Author(s)

Rinsky, Jessica L.
Nadimpalli, Maya L.
Wing, Steve B.
Hall, Devon J.
Baron, Dothula
Price, Lance B.
Larsen, Jesper R.
Stegger, Marc
Stewart, Jill R.
Heaney, Christopher D.

PMCID

PMC3699663

ORCiD

Stewart, J - 0000-0002-3474-5233