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The Veterinary Record 158:155 (2006)
© 2006 British Veterinary Association

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a veterinary surgeon and five dogs in one practice

F. C. Leonard, MVB, PhD1, Y. Abbott, MIScT1, A. Rossney, BA, PhD, FIBMS2, P. J. Quinn, MVB, PhD1, R. O'Mahony, BSc, PhD1 and B. K. Markey, MVB, PhD1

1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
2 National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from five dogs with wound discharges after surgical procedures at a veterinary practice, and MRSA with similar molecular and phenotypic characteristics was isolated from the nares of one veterinary surgeon in the practice. The pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of all the isolates were indistinguishable from each other and from the most common human isolates of MRSA in Ireland.






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