Identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis with transferrable mupirocin resistance from canine skin

Vet J. 2018 May:235:70-72. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.03.009. Epub 2018 Apr 4.

Abstract

Resistance to mupirocin was analysed in Staphylococcus spp. isolated from healthy dogs (n=21) and dogs with pyoderma (n=47) or otitis externa (n=52). Isolates were identified to species level by MALDI-TOF and PCR-RFLP of the groEL gene. One isolate of Staphylococcus epidermidis from the skin of a healthy dog, which harboured a plasmid carrying the mupA gene, was resistant to mupirocin.

Keywords: Canine; Mupirocin; Plasmid; Skin; Staphylococcus spp..

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Chaperonin 60 / genetics
  • Dog Diseases / microbiology*
  • Dogs
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Mupirocin / pharmacology*
  • Otitis Externa / microbiology
  • Otitis Externa / veterinary
  • Pyoderma / microbiology
  • Pyoderma / veterinary
  • Skin / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / classification
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / genetics
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Chaperonin 60
  • Mupirocin