MRSA Found in US Retail Meat and Turkey – Again

This article from the Wierd Science Blog is quoting two studies that have found MRSA (normally associated with health car facilities) in retail meats in the USA. They are calling the strain ‘livestock associated MRSA’ ST398 and it is also resistant to tetracycline, antibiotic resistance is of course an issue with these strains of Staphylococcus aureus.