Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Occurrence of highly fluoroquinolone-resistant and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in domestic animals.
- Journal:
- Canadian journal of microbiology
- Year:
- 2007
- Authors:
- Lin, Ann E & Davies, Julian E
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology · Canada
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
We describe phenotypic and genotypic analyses carried out on multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from domestic animals. The sequence type ST239 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from dogs were highly resistant to fluoroquinolones, and new combinations of GyrA and GrlA mutations were identified. These findings are consistent with a role for animal carriage in the dissemination of important human pathogens in the community.
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