Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Positive Staphylococcus aureus in Family and Pet Cat

Continued detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus in samples from a family with severe repeated skin infections and their pet cat suggests transmission between the family and the cat. Decolonizing the pet led to successful elimination of the bacteria from the househol...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 1724 - 1726
Main Authors Bethe, Astrid, Schink, Anne-Kathrin, Brombach, Julian, Epping, Lennard, Semmler, Torsten, Reinhardt, Susanne, Molitor, Ernst, Müller, Svenja, Balks, Julian, Köck, Robin, Schwarz, Stefan, Walther, Birgit, Lübke-Becker, Antina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Abscess
Abscesses
Adult
Animals
antimicrobial resistance
Bacterial Toxins - genetics
cat
Cat Diseases - diagnosis
Cat Diseases - microbiology
Cats
Causes of
Cloning
Disease transmission
Exotoxins - genetics
Family
Female
Genomes
Genomics
Health aspects
Humans
Hygiene
in Family and Pet Cat
Laboratories
Leukocidins - genetics
Male
Methicillin
Microbiological research
Oral administration
Panton-Valentine leukocidin
Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Positive
Pets
Pets - microbiology
PVL animals
Research Letter
Skin
Staphylococcal infections
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - veterinary
Staphylococcal Skin Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Skin Infections - veterinary
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - genetics
Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Staphylococcus infections
Tetracycline
Tetracyclines
Toxins
Veterinary medicine
zoonoses
Germany
Panton-Valentine leukocidin
bacteria
antimicrobial resistance
cat
staphylococci
zoonoses
PVL animals
Germany
Staphylococcus aureus
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Summary:Continued detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus in samples from a family with severe repeated skin infections and their pet cat suggests transmission between the family and the cat. Decolonizing the pet led to successful elimination of the bacteria from the household. Clinicians should consider pet cats as possible reinfection sources.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid3008.231255