British people have been infected for the first time by an animal variant of MRSA, the hospital superbug that infects more than 4,000 patients a year. Scientists revealed yesterday that three patients in separate hospitals were infected with the ST398 strain, which is found in factory-farmed pigs in the Netherlands. None of the humans had a close association with farm animals, raising the possibility that the superbug has entered the food chain.
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Fears grow that MRSA variant has entered food chain - The Independent 3rd June 2008
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
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