Human-to-Dog Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Human-to-Dog Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was cultured from the nose of a healthy dog whose owner was colonized with MRSA while she worked in a Dutch nursing home. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and typing of the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) region showed that both MRSA...

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Main Authors: Engeline van Duijkeren, Maurice J.H.M. Wolfhagen, Adrienne T.A. Box, Max E.O.C. Heck, Wim J.B. Wannet, Ad C. Fluit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
dog
human
transmission
dispatch
the Netherlands
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/12/04-0387_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/12/04-0387_article

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