This is the first study to detect MRSA in Roma-nian swine workers. The results suggest that theseworkers are frequently colonized with diverse MRSA strains that vary in genotype and antimi-crobial resistance patterns. The rate of MRSAcarriage among the workers (6.8%) was relativelylow compared to that of other European countries(Germany: 24%, Netherlands: 42%, Spain: 9.3%)[23—25] but substantially higher than the MRSAprevalence of the general population (