Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Dispatch
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Companion Animals
Keith E. Baptiste*, Kerry Williams†
, Nicola J. Willams*, Andrew Wattret*, Peter D. Clegg*, Susan Dawson*, John E. Corkill†, Turlough O'Neill*, and C. Anthony Hart†
, Nicola J. Willams*, Andrew Wattret*, Peter D. Clegg*, Susan Dawson*, John E. Corkill†, Turlough O'Neill*, and C. Anthony Hart†
Table
Isolate test results for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)*
| No. sampled | No. samples positive for MRSA† (%) |
Other (clinical) | No. samples positive for MR-CNS† (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | Perineum | Skin | ||||||
| Dogs | ||||||||
| Clinical cases | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Joint and pleural fluid, feces | NT | NT | NT |
| SAH | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6) | 1 (0) | 0 | |
| Community | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | |
| Cats | ||||||||
| SAH | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Community | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 0 | |
| SAH veterinary staff | 11 | 3 (27) | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | |
| Horses | ||||||||
| Clinical cases | 3 | 1 | NT | 1 | Pleural and joint fluid | NT | NT | NT |
| PLEH | 67 | 8 (12) | 0 | 2 (3) | 6 (9) | 3 (5) | 5 (8) | |
| Community | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (30) | 0 | 1 (3) | |
| PLEH Veterinary staff | 12 | 0 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | |
*SAH, small animal hospital; PLEH, Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital; NT, not tested; MR-CNS, methicillin-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci.
†Some animals were positive for >1 body site.
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