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September 27, 2009

New news on MRSA and animals

Constant readers, I’ve been behind the Great Firewall of China for two weeks, unable to post. (Apparently Blogger is not always unavailable there, but access has tightened up in advance of the National Day celebrations on Oct. 1.) I left with a file of things to post in my spare time — and so now [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in MRSA, ST 398, animals, food

January 27, 2009

More MRSA in meat, and not just pork

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In my excitement over the paper by Tara Smith and team on Friday, I failed to sufficiently emphasize an important new finding. (I included it in my story for ScientificAmerican.com, but it was toward the end.) I feel it deserves a post of its own, so here it is: The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in MRSA, Netherlands, ST 398, animals, food, pigs

January 24, 2009

Appearing tonight at SciAm.com

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Folks, last summer I told you about the very exciting though disturbing development of ST 398 MRSA — the “untypable” Dutch strain that originated in pigs and spread to humans — being found in pigs in the US for the first time. But here’s the brand-new second half of that story: It was found in pig [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in Europe, Illinois, ST 398, animals, food, pigs, zoonotic

January 13, 2009

"Pig MRSA" in New York City – via the Dominican Republic?

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Folks: Back in October, I broke the news for you of an intriguing poster presentation at the ICAAC meeting. It revealed the discovery of ST 398, the anomalous staph strain found in pigs, pig farmers and health care workers in Europe, in residents of a Dominican-immigrant neighborhood in northern Manhattan, and also in the [...]

Written by Maryn McKenna

Also posted in Canada, Dominican Republic, Europe, Illinois, MRSA, MSSA, New York City, ST 398, animals, food, pigs