Table 1.
Concentrations (CFU/m3 and percentagea) of inhalable, thoracic, and respirable S. aureus and MRSA as measured using the Respicon, and inhalable and respirable S. aureus and MRSA as measured using the ASCI in the same area in the aisles.
| S. aureusb | MRSA | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respicon | ASCI | Respicon | ASCI | ||||||||
| Farm | Place | Inhalable | Thoracic | Respirable | Inhalable | Respirable | Inhalable | Thoracic | Respirable | Inhalable | Respirable |
| A | Fattening pigs | 227 | 113 46% |
91 37% |
246 | 80 30% |
219 | 95 43% |
61 28% |
266 | 88 33% |
| B | Farrowing | 2.6 × 103 | 850 33% |
732 29% |
2.9 × 103 | 990 34% |
100 | 34 31% |
29 27% |
Nm | Nm |
| C | Weaner | 327 | 194 59% |
138 42% |
441 | 172 45% |
202 | 113 56% |
93 46% |
151 | 85 41% |
| D | Sick pigs | 211 | 62 32% |
32 17% |
188 | 43 19% |
16 | 5.6 36% |
3.6 23% |
Bd | Bd |
aPercentage out of total inhalable S. aureus or MRSA.
bBoth methicillin-sensitive S. aureus and MRSA.
nm = not measured, ASCI = Andersen six-stage sampler, bd = below the detection limit, nm = not measured.