Pat's Note: I've met the odd one that drank, but he was a shipbroker
from Istanbul who breakfasted on brandy, so he does not really count.

There are few pigs in Turkey.

Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military
Medical Academy, School of Medicine, 06018, Ankara, Turkey,
abkilic@gata.edu.tr. 

 
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonize most
frequently in the anterior nares of the nose and cause serious
infections all over the world. The aim of this study was to determine
the nasal carriage rate of S. aureus and MRSA strains in Turkish
elementary school children. We also analyzed molecular
characterizations of MRSA strains by using pulse field gel
electrophoresis (PFGE), multi locus sequence typing (MLST),
staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) typing, and detection
of the Panton-valentine leucocidin (PVL) gene. The nasal swabs were
obtained from 4,050 children during a 4 month period in Ankara. In
vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing to 1 mug oxacillin and 30
mug cefoxitin was determined by a disk diffusion method. We found that
the 1,001 of 4,050 (24.7%) children were colonized with S. aureus.
Three S. aureus strains were resistant to oxacillin and cefoxitin. The
rate of MRSA among all children was 0.07%. The MRSA strains revealed
three different PFGE pattern. All MRSA isolates by harbored the SCCmec
type IV element, but not the PVL gene. The two MRSA isolate belonged
to sequence type (ST) 30, whereas the other one was a unique type. The
results of this study demonstrated that S. aureus nasal carriage rate
was consistent with previous studies. However, MRSA carriage rate was
low. This study also indicated that the ST30-type IV without PVL gene
MRSA clone may be expected to spread in Turkish community. 

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Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
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Pat Gardiner wrote:
> Pat's Note: I've met the odd one that drank, but he was a shipbroker
> from Istanbul who breakfasted on brandy, so he does not really count.
> 
> There are few pigs in Turkey.
> 
>

However there are quite a few pig farms as farmers tried to cash in on 
the taste for pork and bacon in Europe.  Not everyone in Turkey is a 
strict Muslim.

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:03:29 GMT, Jette 
wrote:

>Pat Gardiner wrote:
>> Pat's Note: I've met the odd one that drank, but he was a shipbroker
>> from Istanbul who breakfasted on brandy, so he does not really count.
>> 
>> There are few pigs in Turkey.
>> 
>>
>
>However there are quite a few pig farms as farmers tried to cash in on 
>the taste for pork and bacon in Europe.  Not everyone in Turkey is a 
>strict Muslim.

I'm sure you are right. It is a matter of degree. 

We can be sure even without schecking the stats that Turkey, as
predominantly Moslem country although secular has many fewer pig farms
than a predominantly Christian counrty.

-- 
Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com  and http://animal-epidemics.blogspot.com/