On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:23:14 -0000, "Pat Gardiner"
 wrote:

>http://feww.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/mrsa-act-ii/
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>NEW NT-MRSA Strains
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>The Emerging Infectious Diseases of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and 
>Prevention discovered a new strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus 
>aureus (MRSA), which is responsible to more than 20 percent of all human 
>MRSA infections in the Netherlands.
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>"Persons working or living in close contact with pigs or cows are at 
>increased risk of becoming colonized and infected with MRSA. Infections can 
>be severe, as is indicated by the hospital admission rate."
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>According to other research MRSA was also prevalent in Canadian pigs and pig 
>farmers. Full report
>Related link: Should We Be Afraid of MRSA?