title: Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was cultured from the nose of a healthy dog whose owner was colonized with MRSA while she worked in a Dutch nursing home. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and typing of the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) region showed that both MRSA strains were identical.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands. E.duijkeren@vet.uu.nl
authors.forename: Engeline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Duijkeren
authors.forename: Maurice J H M
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wolfhagen
authors.forename: Adrienne T A
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Box
authors.forename: Max E O C
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Heck
authors.forename: Wim J B
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wannet
authors.forename: Ad C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fluit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses