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Staphylococci Isolated from Carriage Sites and Infected Sites of Dogs as a Reservoir of Multidrug Resistance and Methicillin Resistance

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The aim of this study was to compare the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and methicillin-resistant (MR) staphylococci in healthy dogs and in dogs with evident symptoms of infection. The samples from 172 healthy and 197 infected dogs were examined. The staphylococci were identified with conventional methods and by means of the polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR–RFLP) method (MboI). Susceptibility to 15 antibiotics from 10 different antimicrobial classes was tested. Resistance to methicillin was confirmed by the presence of Staphylococcus aureus mecA and S. sciuri mecA genes. Multidrug resistance was defined as resistance to three or more antimicrobial classes. The oral mucosa to be the most frequent site of staphylococcal colonization (55.8 %), followed by nasal cavity (44.2 %), and anus (32.6 %). The prevalence of MDR staphylococci in infected dogs was significantly higher than in the healthy animals (74/137 vs. 34/95, P = 0.006). The MR strains of S. pseudintermedius (2.9 %) originated solely from infected dogs. In contrast, the MR coagulase-negative strains (7.4 %) were isolated solely from healthy dogs. S. aureus strains originated from nasal swabs, MRSA strains were not isolated. MDR staphylococci and MR S. pseudintermedius are more common among infected dogs, but coagulase-negative staphylococci (mostly S. sciuri) seem to be a reservoir of methicillin resistance in healthy dogs.

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    Katarzyna Garbacz, Lidia Piechowicz & Krystyna Haras

  2. Private Veterinary Practice, Gdansk, Poland

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Garbacz, K., Żarnowska, S., Piechowicz, L. et al. Staphylococci Isolated from Carriage Sites and Infected Sites of Dogs as a Reservoir of Multidrug Resistance and Methicillin Resistance. Curr Microbiol 66, 169–173 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-012-0254-9

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