1. MRSA Variant in Companion Animals
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Birgit Walther, Lothar H. Wieler, Szilvia Vincze, Esther-Maria Antão, Anja Brandenburg, Ivonne Stamm, Peter A. Kopp, Barbara Kohn, Torsten Semmler, and Antina Lübke-Becker
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MRSA ,companion animals ,mecA ,ST599 ,CC130 ,ST130 ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylocoocus aureus (MRSA) harboring mecALGA251 has been isolated from humans and ruminants. Database screening identified this MRSA variant in cats, dogs, and a guinea pig in Germany during 2008–2011. The novel MRSA variant is not restricted to ruminants or humans, and contact with companion animals might pose a zoonotic risk.
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- 2012
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