Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a veterinary surgeon and five dogs in one practice

Vet Rec. 2006 Feb 4;158(5):155-9. doi: 10.1136/vr.158.5.155.

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from five dogs with wound discharges after surgical procedures at a veterinary practice, and MRSA with similar molecular and phenotypic characteristics was isolated from the nares of one veterinary surgeon in the practice. The pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of all the isolates were indistinguishable from each other and from the most common human isolates of MRSA in Ireland.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / microbiology*
  • Dogs
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / veterinary
  • Ireland
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / veterinary*