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. 2019 Feb 27;17(2):e05598. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5598

Table 57.

Occurrence of resistance (%) to selected antimicrobials in MRSA from food and animals, 2017

Country N GEN KAN STR CHL RIF CIP ERY CLI Q/D TIA MUP FUS SMX TMP T+S TET
Cats – pet animals
Sweden 1a 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 0
Cattle (bovine animals) – calves (under 1 year)
Switzerland 24b 20.8 25 62.5 0 0 41.7 70.8 70.8 37.5 37.5 0 0 0 50 100
Dogs – pet animals
Sweden 8c 12.5 0 62.5 25 25 12.5 37.5 12.5 12.5
Gallus gallus  (fowl) – broiler and laying hen flocks
Belgium 5d 20 40 20 20 20 40 60 60 40 20 0 0 60 60 100
Goats
Sweden 10e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meat from pigs – fresh
Finland 13f 0 0 30.8 0 0 0 30.8 100 100 100 0 0 0 92.3 –– 100
Switzerland 2g 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
Pigs – fattening animals
Switzerland 131h 11.5 12.2 51.1 1.5 2.3 11.5 45 51.1 50.4 50.4 2.3 3.1 6.1 51.9 100
Rabbits – pet animals
Sweden 1i 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
Sheep
Sweden 2j 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solipeds, domestic horses
Sweden 7k 100 0 71.4 57.1 28.6 0 100 28.6 100

N: Number of isolates tested; GEN: gentamicin; KAN: kanamycin; STR: streptomycin; CHL: chloramphenicol; RIF: rifampicin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; ERY: erythromycin; CLI: clindamycin;

Q/D: quinupristin/dalfopristin; TIA: tiamulin; MUP: mupirocin; FUS: fusidic acid; SMX: sulfamethoxazole; TMP: trimethoprim; T+S; trimethoprim + sulfonamide; TET: tetracycline;

–: No data reported.

All MRSA isolates were resistant to penicillin and cefoxitin, as expected. All isolates were susceptible to vancomycin (where tested) and linezolid.

a

spa‐type: t786 (1 isolate). The t786 isolate was PVL negative.

b

spa‐types: t011 (14 isolates), t034 (7), t127 (1), t17339 (2). PVL status of the t127 isolate was not reported.

c

spa‐types: t008 (1), t022 (1), t032 (1), t034 (1), t127 (1), t891 (1), t2734 (1), t5634 (1). t891 isolate was PVL positive; spa‐types t008, t022, t032, t127, t2734, t5634 were PVL negative.

d

spa‐types: t011 CC398 (3 isolates), t1456 CC398 (2).

e

spa‐types: t373 (9 isolates), t9268 (1).

f

spa‐types: t034 (11 isolates), t011 (1), t2741 (1).

g

spa‐types: t011 (1 isolate), t002 (1). PVL status of the t002 isolate was not reported.

h

spa‐types: t034 (63 isolates), t011 (61), t899 (2), t1451 (3), t2330 (1), t2876 (1).

i

spa‐type: t132 (1 isolate). The t132 isolate was PVL negative.

j

spa‐types: t9268 CC130 (1 isolate), t9268 (1).

k

spa‐types: t011 (5 isolates), t1257 (2). The t1257 isolates were PVL negative.