Table 1.

MRSA colonization of German pig farmers before and after summer vacation

Test result	No. of farmers with result	Length of vacation in days (no. of farmers)	spa type(s) (no. of isolates)
Never colonized with MRSA	8	<7 (1), 7–14 (7)
Colonized in all three samples before and all three samples after the vacation	16	<7 (1), 7–14 (13), >14 (2)	t011 (12), t034 (2), t1451 (1), t1197 (1)
Positive at least once before the vacation, negative on day 1 after return, but positive again at day 3 or day 4 after return	7	7–14 (7)	t011 (2), t034 (3), t108 (2)
Positive at least once before the vacation and negative in all three samples after return	3	7–14 (3)	t011 (2), t034 (1)
Negative in all three samples before but positive in all three samples after the vacation	1	7–14	t011