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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec;10(12):2235-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1012.040387.

Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Engeline van Duijkeren  1 , Maurice J H M Wolfhagen, Adrienne T A Box, Max E O C Heck, Wim J B Wannet, Ad C Fluit
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Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Engeline van Duijkeren et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec.

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.

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