Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a veterinary surgeon and five dogs in one practice
- F. C. Leonard, MVB, PhD1,
- Y. Abbott, MIScT1,
- A. Rossney, BA, PhD, FIBMS2,
- P. J. Quinn, MVB, PhD1,
- R. O’Mahony, BSc, PhD1 and
- B. K. Markey, MVB, PhD1
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from five dogs with wound discharges after surgical procedures at a veterinary practice, and MRSA with similar molecular and phenotypic characteristics was isolated from the nares of one veterinary surgeon in the practice. The pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of all the isolates were indistinguishable from each other and from the most common human isolates of MRSA in Ireland.
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