title: Population genetic structures of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cats and dogs in Japan.
abstract: We determined the population genetic structures of feline and canine Staphylococcus aureus strains in Japan by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Ecological analyses suggested that multiple feline-related S. aureus clones, including ST133, naturally occur as commensals and can cause endogenous infections in felines. In contrast, S. aureus populations do not likely include any clone that exhibits tropism in domestic dogs. Even if S. aureus infections occur in dogs, the pathologies are likely exogenous infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Control Science, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. hiteiha@juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Sae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsubakishita
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hongo
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukata
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kabeya
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiramatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058448:Biota; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification