title: Isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a postoperative wound infection in a horse.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from a postoperative wound infection in a horse. Methicillin-resistant S aureus infections in animals have been reported. In human beings, MRSA is an important cause of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections. Infections caused by MRSA respond poorly to beta-lactam treatment, and resistance of MRSA to multiple antimicrobials, including aminoglycosides, macrolides, clindamycin, and tetracyclines, is common. Identification of MRSA by routine susceptibility testing may be difficult; therefore, techniques for MRSA detection should be incorporated by clinicopathology laboratories. Because the number of hospital and community-acquired MRSA infections in human beings is increasing, it seems likely that MRSA infections in animals will also become more frequent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1102, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Trostle
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Klohnen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D008712:Methicillin