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The 95 per cent confidence interval for this odds ratio was 0\u00b783 to 44\u00b70. Meticillin\u2010resistant <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus <\/jats:italic>resistance patterns of the human nasal isolates and three of four wound\u2010associated isolates were similar.<\/jats:bold> <\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>C<jats:sc>linical <\/jats:sc>S<jats:sc>ignificance<\/jats:sc>: <\/jats:bold>  <jats:bold>Veterinary workers are at increased risk for meticillin\u2010resistant <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus <\/jats:italic>colonisation, so it is likely that many veterinary patients are treated by meticillin\u2010resistant <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\u2010positive staff. 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