Volume 17, Number 2—February 2011
CME ACTIVITY
Zoonoses in the Bedroom
Bruno B. Chomel
and Ben Sun
and Ben SunTable 2
Zoonoses acquired from close contact with pet, 1974–2010*
| Zoonosis | Type of pet contact (reference) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeping with | Kissing | Being licked by | |
| Plague | Dogs (7), Cats (4–6) | – | – |
| Chagas disease | Dogs and cats (8) | – | – |
| Cat -scratch disease | Cats, kittens (10,12); dog (11) | – | Kittens (12) |
| Pasteurellosis | Dog (15) | Dog (13); dogs and cats (23,24); rabbit (24) | Dogs (16,18,21); cats (14,17,19,20,22); dogs and cats (14) |
| Capnocytophaga canimorsus septicemia | Cat (25) | – | Dog (25–27); cat (25) |
| Staphylococcosis | – | – | Dogs (28,29) |
| MRSA infection | Dog (30) | – | – |
| Rabies | – | – | Dogs (31–33) |
| Toxocariasis | Dogs and cats (1) | Dogs and cats (1) | Dogs and cats (1) |
| Giardiasis | Dogs and cats (1) | Dogs and cats (1) | Dogs and cats (1) |
| Cryptosporidiosis | Dogs and cats (1) | Dogs and cats (1) | Dogs and cats (1) |
| Cheyletiellosis | Dog (35) | – | – |
| Pet bites | Dogs (36,37) | – | – |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; –, none reported.
