{Reference Type}: Letter
{Title}: Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China.
{Author}: Sapugahawatte DN;Li C;Yeoh YK;Dharmaratne P;Zhu C;Ip M;
{Journal}: Emerg Microbes Infect
{Volume}: 9
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: Dec 2020
{Factor}: 19.568
{DOI}: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1785335
{Abstract}: 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.