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Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a veterinary surgeon and five dogs in one practice
Author(s) -
Leonard F. C.,
Abbott Y.,
Rossney A.,
Quinn P. J.,
O’Mahony R.,
Markey B. K.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.158.5.155
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , veterinary medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , medicine , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics , biochemistry , genotype , gene
Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA ) was isolated from five dogs with wound discharges after surgical procedures at a veterinary practice, and MRSA with similar molecular and phenotypic characteristics was isolated from the nares of one veterinary surgeon in the practice. The pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis patterns of all the isolates were indistinguishable from each other and from the most common human isolates of MRSA in Ireland.