| detection, molecular characterization, and clonal diversity of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus cc398 and cc97 in spanish slaughter pigs of different age groups. | the objective of this study was to determine the frequency of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) in slaughter pigs, to characterize the recovered isolates, and to investigate their genomic relatedness. nasal swabs were collected from 53 finishing-pigs (f-pigs) and 53 suckling-piglets (s-piglets) at two different abattoirs in la rioja (northern spain) coming from six production holdings. mrsa isolates were characterized by spa−, agr−, sccmec−, and multilocus sequ ... | 2010 | 20677918 |