Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Engeline van Duijkeren; Maurice J H M Wolfhagen; Adrienne T A Box; Max E O C Heck; Wim J B Wannet; Ad C Fluit

doi:10.3201/eid1012.040387

Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Dec;10(12):2235-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1012.040387.

Authors

Engeline van Duijkeren¹, Maurice J H M Wolfhagen, Adrienne T A Box, Max E O C Heck, Wim J B Wannet, Ad C Fluit

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [email protected]

Abstract

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 strains were identical.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Carrier State / transmission*
Carrier State / veterinary
Dog Diseases / microbiology
Dog Diseases / transmission*
Dogs
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Methicillin Resistance / genetics*
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*
Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Zoonoses*