1. MRSA Variant in Companion Animals
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Anja G. Brandenburg, Esther-Maria Antão, Ivonne Stamm, Antina Lübke-Becker, Torsten Semmler, Barbara Kohn, Peter A. Kopp, Szilvia Vincze, Lothar H. Wieler, and Birgit Walther
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,Microbiology (medical) ,Staphylococcus aureus ,ST130 ,Epidemiology ,Guinea Pigs ,lcsh:Medicine ,MRSA ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Staphylococcal infections ,ST599 ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Microbiology ,Bacterial protein ,Dogs ,Bacterial Proteins ,zoonotic novel mecA ,Germany ,companion animals ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,mecA ,bacteria ,Phylogeny ,lcsh:R ,Dispatch ,Staphylococcal Infections ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ,600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft ,Infectious Diseases ,Cats ,CC130 ,Multilocus sequence typing ,Multilocus Sequence Typing - Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylocoocus aureus (MRSA) harboring mecA(LGA251) has been isolated from humans and ruminants. Database screening identified this MRSA variant in cats, dogs, and a guinea pig in Germany during 2008-2011. The novel MRSA variant is not restricted to ruminants or humans, and contact with companion animals might pose a zoonotic risk.
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- 2012
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