Volume 18, Number 12—December 2012
Dispatch
MRSA Variant in Companion Animals
Birgit Walther
, Lothar H. Wieler, Szilvia Vincze, Esther-Maria Antão, Anja Brandenburg, Ivonne Stamm, Peter A. Kopp, Barbara Kohn, Torsten Semmler, and Antina Lübke-Becker
, Lothar H. Wieler, Szilvia Vincze, Esther-Maria Antão, Anja Brandenburg, Ivonne Stamm, Peter A. Kopp, Barbara Kohn, Torsten Semmler, and Antina Lübke-BeckerTable
Characteristics of 10 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates harboring mecALGA251 obtained from companion animals, Germany, 2008–2011*
| IMT no. | Original no. | Year isolated | Host | Site | Clinical signs | Free-ranging animal | Federal state | OXA MIC† | spa type‡ | ST§ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17403 | VB 999987 | 2008 | Cat | Eye | Purulent infection | Yes | Rhineland-Palatinate | ≥4 | t10033 | 1945 |
| 21135 | VB 964992 | 2010 | Cat | Wound | Lymphadenitis | Yes | Bavaria | ≥4 | t843 | 130 |
| 21231 | VB 971931 | 2010 | Cat | Skin | Dermatitis | Unknown | Hessia | 1 | t1773 | 130 |
| 24068 | VB 961584 | 2010 | Cat | Tachea | Stridor | Yes | Hessia | 0.5 | t10006 | 599 |
| 25044 | VB 969929 | 2010 | Dog | Abscess | Tumor, dolor | No | Bavaria | 2 | t1694 | 599 |
| 25147 | VB 969572–2 | 2010 | Cat | Wound | Suture dehiscence | Yes | North Rhine-Westphalia | 2 | t278 | 599 |
| 25470 | VB 972406 | 2010 | Dog | Eye | Purulent infection | No | Bavaria | 2 | t1694 | 599 |
| 25715 | VB 969935 | 2010 | Guinea pig | Fistula | Purulent infection | No | Hessia | 2 | t843 | 130 |
| 28299 | VB 952042 | 2011 | Cat | Phlegmon | Dermatitis | Yes | Bavaria | 1 | t278 | 599 |
| 28429 | IMT 2272/11 | 2011 | Cat | Abscess | Fever | Yes | Berlin | ≥4 | t10009 | 130 |
*IMT, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; OXA, oxacillin; ST, sequence type; VB, Vet Med Labor GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany. All isolates were positive for nuc and negative for mecA according to PCR to detect MRSA (8), and all were positive for mecALGA251 according to PCR to detect the novel mecA homologue (5).
†Detected by the VITEK 2 system (bioMérieux, Nürtingen, Germany).
‡Spa repeats and spa type determined according to Harmsen et al. (11) and the Ridom SpaServer (http://spaserver.ridom.de).
§Determined according to Enright et al. (10).
