首页 | 本学科首页   官方微博 | 高级检索  
     检索      


Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in horses in Saskatchewan,Alberta, and British Columbia
Authors:Nathalie Tokateloff  Stephen T Manning  J Scott Weese  John Campbell  Jamie Rothenburger  Craig Stephen  Vanessa Bastura  Sheryl P Gow  Richard Reid-Smith
Abstract:This study estimated the prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nasal swabs of 458 horses in western Canada. The rate of colonization was 1.3% ± 5.84% 95% confidence interval (CI)], a rate similar to those reported elsewhere. Colonization tended to be transient and seemed unrelated to stress or administration of antimicrobials. Five of the 6 isolates were Canadian epidemic MRSA-5, a human clone that appears to predominate in horses in North America. The other isolate was spa type 539 (t034), a sequence type 398 strain, and this is the first report of this clone in horses in North America. Surveillance is warranted because of the potential of MRSA to cause disease in horses and humans.
Keywords:
设为首页 | 免责声明 | 关于勤云 | 加入收藏

Copyright©北京勤云科技发展有限公司  京ICP备09084417号