Volume 17, Number 2—February 2011
CME ACTIVITY - Perspective
Zoonoses in the Bedroom
Table 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.
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