Antibiotic susceptibility and resistance of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from fresh porcine skin xenografts: Risk to recipients with thermal injury

This finding demonstrates the existence of a MSSA reservoir containing spa types resembling those of well-known MRSA strains. These MSSA exhibit resistance to antibiotics used for decontamination of the pigskin prior to xenograft. Amended use of procurement could allow the use of fresh pigskin xenografts to be reinstated.