Human-to-Dog Transmission of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus
Open Access
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 10 (12) , 2235-2237
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1012.040387
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was cultured from the nose of a healthy dog whose owner was colonized with MRSA while she worked in a Dutch nursing home. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and typing of the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) region showed that both MRSA strains were identical.Keywords
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