Pigs as a potential source of emerging livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in Africa: a systematic review. (Special Issue: Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection.)

Samutela, M. T. and Kwenda, G. and Simulundu, E. and Nkhoma, P. and Higashi, H. and Frey, A. and Bates, M. and Hang’ombe, B. M.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2021) 109: 38–49

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.023

Abstract

Objective: To assess the emergence of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in the pig and pork production systems in Africa for the past two decades.

Citation

Samutela, M. T., Kwenda, G., Simulundu, E., Nkhoma, P., Higashi, H., Frey, A., Bates, M., & Hang’ombe, B. M. (2021). Pigs as a potential source of emerging livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus in Africa: a systematic review. (Special Issue: Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection.). International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 109, 38–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.023 hogs, pigs, swine, man, systematic reviews, Meat Producing Animals [LL120], Africa, bacterium, drug resistance, human diseases, infections, risk factors, monitoring, genes, bacterial diseases, abattoirs, pigmeat, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, meticillin, MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotics, beta-lactam antibiotics, heavy metals, penicillins, slaughterhouses, pork, bacterial infections, bacterioses, Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210], proteases, proteinases, antiinfective agents, antimicrobials, households, virulence, virulence factors, abattoir workers, men, bacterial toxins, enterotoxins, immune evasion

Keywords

• hogs
• pigs
• swine
• man
• systematic reviews
• Meat Producing Animals [LL120]
• Africa
• bacterium
• drug resistance
• human diseases
• infections
• risk factors
• monitoring
• genes
• bacterial diseases
• abattoirs
• pigmeat
• methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• meticillin
• MRSA
• Staphylococcus aureus
• antibiotics
• beta-lactam antibiotics
• heavy metals
• penicillins
• slaughterhouses
• pork
• bacterial infections
• bacterioses
• Prion
• Viral
• Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]
• proteases
• proteinases
• antiinfective agents
• antimicrobials
• households
• virulence
• virulence factors
• abattoir workers
• men
• bacterial toxins
• enterotoxins
• immune evasion