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. 2011 Jun 24;7:30. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-30

Table 1.

Distribution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes in slaughterhouses and pig farms in Switzerland.

2009 2010
Abattoir Total no. of
samples 		No. of
MRSA
positive
samples 		Percentage
of MRSA
positive
samples 		Origina Genotype (n) Total no. of
samples 		No. of
MRSA
positive
samples 		Percentage
of MRSA
positive
samples 		Origina Genotype (n)
A 84 2 2.4 TG1, LU2 ST398-t011-V (2) 68 11 16.2 LU4, LU5, SG3, SG5, TG5, TG8,
TG9, BE3, BE4 ZH1, JU1		 ST398-t034-V (11)
B 90 1 1.1 SG1 ST398-t011-V 101 2 2.0 AG2, SG6 ST49-t208-V (2)
C 63 1 1.6 BE1 ST398-t034-V 65 4 6.2 TG6 BE2, TG7, LU6 ST49-t208-V ST398-t034-V (3)
D 62 0 0 - - 58 2 3.4 AG1, TG10 ST398-t034-V (2)
E 39 1 2.6 LU1 ST398-t1451-V 37 0 0 - -
F 28 0 0 - - 22 0 0 - -
G 19 3 15.8 TG3, TG2, SG2 ST1-t2279-IVc
ST49-t208-V (2)		 15 2 13.3 TG4, SG4 ST49-t208-V (2)
H 10 0 0 - - 14 1 7.1 LU3 ST398-t034-V
I 10 0 0 - - 12 1 8.3 AI1 ST398-t011-V
A-I (all) 405 8 2.0 392 23 5.9

a) Geographical origin of the farms: letters indicate the Cantons (AI, Appenzell Innen Rhodes; AG, Aargau; BE, Bern; JU, Jura; LU, Luzern; SG, St Gallen; TG, Thurgau; ZH, Zurich). and numbers indicate individual farms.