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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Dispatch

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prevalence among Captive Chimpanzees, Texas, USA, 20121

Patrick W. HanleyComments to Author , Kirstin F. Barnhart, Christian R. Abee, Susan P. Lambeth, and J. Scott Weese
Author affiliations: National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA (P.W Hanley); AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois, USA (K.F. Barnhart); University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, Texas, USA (C.R. Abee, S.P. Lambeth); University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (J.S. Weese)

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Table

spa types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cultured from the nasal cavity of captive chimpanzees that were separated according to sex, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, Texas, USA, 2012

spa type Chimpanzee sex
 Total
M F
t008
No. 30 27 57
% Within type 52.6 47.4 100
% Within sex 71.4 57.4 64.0
% Of total
 33.7
 30.3
 64.0
T818
No. 9 11 20
% Within type 45.0 55.0 100
% Within sex 21.4 23.4 22.5
% Of total
 10.1
 12.4
 22.5
t024
No. 1 3 4
% Within type 25.0 75.0 100
% Within sex 2.4 6.4 4.5
% Of total
 1.1
 3.4
 4.5
T197
No. 0 2 2
% Within type 0 100 100
% Within sex 0 4.3 2.2
% Of total
 0
 2.2
 2.2
T2030
No. 1 1 2
% Within type 50.0 50.0 100
% Within sex 2.4 2.1 2.2
% Of total
 1.1
 1.1
 2.2
T9141
No. 0 1 1
% Within type 0 100 100
% Within sex 0 2.1 1.1
% Of total
 0
 1.1
 1.1
T682
No, 0 1 1
% Within type 0 100 100
% Within sex 0 2.1 1.1
% Of total
 0
 1.1
 1.1
T6172
No. 1 0 1
% Within type 100 .0 100
% Within sex 2.4 .0 1.1
% Of total
 1.1
 .0
 1.1
T1754
No. 0 1 1
% Within type 0 100 100
% Within sex 0 2.1 1.1
% Of total
 0
 1.1
 1.1
Total
No. 42 47 89
% Within type 47.2 52.8 100
% Within sex 100 100 100
% Of total 47.2 52.8 100

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications; November 4–7, 2013; Copenhagen, Denmark.

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