Alarming Proportions of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Wound Samples from Companion Animals, Germany 2010–2012

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 1; p. e85656
• Main Authors: Vincze, Szilvia, Stamm, Ivonne, Kopp, Peter A., Hermes, Julia, Adlhoch, Cornelia, Semmler, Torsten, Wieler, Lothar H., Lübke-Becker, Antina, Walther, Birgit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.01.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Cats; Dogs; Drug resistance; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Germany; Health aspects; Horses; Human populations; Incidence; Infection; Infections; Laboratories; Medicine; Methicillin; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial drug resistance; Multilocus sequence typing; Penicillin; Pets - microbiology; Populations; Risk assessment; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus infections; Staphylococcus infections; Surveys; Veterinary medicine; Veterinary Science; Wounds; Wounds and Injuries - microbiology; Wounds and Injuries - veterinary; Germany

Staphylococcus (S.) aureus is an important cause of wound infections in companion animals, and infections with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are of particular concern due to limited treatment options and their zoonotic potential. However, comparable epidemiological data on MRSA infections i...