TY - T1 - Phage Treatment Trial to Eradicate LA-MRSA from Healthy Carrier Pigs SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/334611 T3 - A1 - Tuomala, Henni; Verkola, Marie; Meller, Anna; Van der Auwera, Jasper; Patpatia, Sheetal; Järvinen, Asko; Skurnik, Mikael; Heikinheimo, Annamari; Kiljunen, Saija A2 - PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Y1 - 2021 LA - AB - The increase of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) causes a threat to human health. LA-MRSA can be transmitted from animals to animal caretakers, which may further spread MRSA to communities and health care facilities. The objective of this work was to study the efficacy of phage treatment in the eradication of LA-MRSA from healthy carrier pigs. A total of 19 MRSA -positive weanling pigs were assigned to a test (n = 10) and a control group (<... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - N1 - PP - ER -