%0 Letter
%T Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China.
%A Sapugahawatte DN
%A Li C
%A Yeoh YK
%A Dharmaratne P
%A Zhu C
%A Ip M
%J Emerg Microbes Infect
%V 9
%N 1
%D Dec 2020
%M 32573344
%F 19.568
%R 10.1080/22221751.2020.1785335
%X We report a SCCmec II, ST39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from pigs that harboured toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). The gene was located in a rare pathogenicity island SaPI68111, which also carried enterotoxin genes that can cause fatal infections. Pigs may potentially serve as a reservoir for MRSA dissemination.