A new study shows that over the past 50 years, highly resistant to...
A strain named CC398 became the dominant typeMRSA in European livestock over the past 50 years. Scientists said that the spread of a dangerous bacterium in pigs has caused a growing human infection with Staphylococcus aureus.
The study showed that CC398 retainsbacterial resistance to antibiotics for decades in pigs and other livestock. It is also able to quickly adapt to the human host, while maintaining resistance.
The results of the new work highlightpotential threat that this strain of staphylococcus poses to public health. The main problem is that an increase in the number of infections has been recorded among people who have not had direct contact with livestock.
MRSA was first discovered in patients in the 1960syear. Because it is resistant to antibiotics, the strain is much more difficult to treat than other bacterial infections. The World Health Organization considers MRSA one of the world's most serious threats to human health.
The results were published in the journal eLife.
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