Identification of a new pathogen for turkey breeders : Staphyloccus aureus CC398, causing arthritis.
Confronted in breeder turkey farms with arthritis, and important consequences in terms of less of earnings and antibiotic treatments, the authors reported the causal agent, isolated from the articular lesions, to Staphylococcus aureus strains of the complex clonal CC398. Further to a thorough molecular study of these strains, the authors put in perspective these results with the recent publications concerning the clonal complex CC398 in poultry farms. A better knowledge of its epidemiology and its pathogenesis will allow the veterinarian practitioner a preventive approach of the disease. Therapeutic approaches are estimated, by taking into account the antimicrobial resistances and the possible impact on public health, with problems caused by MRSA in human medicine.
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