Aims:
The general aims of the project are to recognize MRSA transmission between animals and humans, to reveal occurrence of MRSA carriage and factors related to MRSA carriage in pigs, to improve surveillance and epidemiological investigations on multiresistant zoonotic bacteria, and to prepare for possible MRSA control initiatives on animal production holdings.
Specific objectives include:
- Revealing MRSA carriage in humans working or living on MRSA positive pig farms.
- Identifying MRSA positive pig herds and the origin of the MRSA strains found in Finnish pigs.
- Comparing molecular characteristics between Finnish human and animal MRSA strains.
Keywords:
MRSA, pig, humans, molecular biology methods of typification, epidemiology
Responsible project leader:
Myllyniemi, Anna-Liisa, Professor, Microbiology Research Unit, the Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira
Persons at Evira responsible for the project:
Myllyniemi, Anna-Liisa, Professor, Microbiology Research Unit;
Nykäsenoja, Suvi, Reseacher, Microbiology Research Unit, Antibiotics Section
In cooperation with:
National Institute for Health and Welfare THL;
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine;
Intermunicipal Hospital District of Southwest Finland;
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale (Italy)
Project status:
Previous
Year of commencement:
2011
Year of completion:
2017
Publications:
Nykäsenoja, S., Lindholm, L., Salmenlinna, S., Rantala, M.
Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from animals in Finland.
3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications, 4.-7.11.2013 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Poster.
Bagcigil, F., Taponen, S., Koort, J., Bengtsson, B., Myllyniemi, A-L., Pyörälä, S.
Genetic basis of penicillin resistance of S. aureus isolated in bovine mastitis.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2012: Vol. 54, No. 96.
Open access.
Nykäsenoja S. and Salmenlinna S.
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) spa type t127 in pigs and humans in Finland. 2nd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications, 8.-11.9.2011, Washington.
Project financed by:
The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira;
MAKERA (Agriculture and Forestry Development Fund);
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL);
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Evira’s project code:
8250