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. 2005 Dec;11(12):1942-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1112.050241.

Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in companion animals

Keith E Baptiste  1 , Kerry Williams, Nicola J Willams, Andrew Wattret, Peter D Clegg, Susan Dawson, John E Corkill, Turlough O'Neill, C Anthony Hart
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Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in companion animals

Keith E Baptiste et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec.

Abstract

We determined the molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant staphylococci from animals and staff at a small animal and equine hospital. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) identical to human EMRSA-15 was found in dogs and hospital staff. In contrast, 5 distinct MRSA strains were isolated from horses but not from hospital staff.

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Dendrogram showing the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns after macrorestriction of genomic DNA with SmaI of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from the small animal hospital (SAH) and the equine hospital. The dog and human isolates (SAH staff) were identical to the UK major epidemic strain EMRSA-15, and the equine MRSA isolates (5 distinct profiles) were unrelated to EMRSA-15, EMRSA-16, or CMRSA-5. Profiles were analyzed with Molecular Analyst software (Applied Maths, Inc., Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium) by unweighted pair grouping by mathematical averaging clustering method with a 2% tolerance window and using the Dice coefficient.
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