Prevalence of canine methicillin resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in Italy.
The overall prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) was 2% (10/590) among 590 canine specimens submitted to an Italian veterinary diagnostic laboratory during a two-month period, and 21% (10/48) among Staphylococcus intermedius group (SIG) isolates. All methicillin-resistant strains exhibited additional resistance to fluoroquinolones, gentamicin, lincosamides, tetracyclines, and potentiated sulfonamides, belonged predominantly to spa type t02 and harboured SCCmec type II-III cassette.
Clinica Veterinaria Privata San Marco, Via Sorio 114/C Padova, Italy. michela_delucia@virgilio.it
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De Lucia
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Latronico
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Giordano
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D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007753:Laboratories; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D015995:Prevalence; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*
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