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Prevalence and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from symptomatic companion animals in Northern Italy: Clonal diversity and novel sequence types.
Menandro, Maria Luisa; Dotto, Giorgia; Mondin, Alessandra; Martini, Marco; Ceglie, Letizia; Pasotto, Daniela.
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  • Menandro ML; Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy. Electronic address: marialuisa.menandro@unipd.it.
  • Dotto G; Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy. Electronic address: giorgia.dotto@unipd.it.
  • Mondin A; Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy. Electronic address: alessandra.mondin@unipd.it.
  • Martini M; Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy. Electronic address: marco.martini@unipd.it.
  • Ceglie L; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell'Università, 10-35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy. Electronic address: lceglie@izsve.it.
  • Pasotto D; Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy. Electronic address: daniela.pasotto@unipd.it.
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis ; 66: 101331, 2019 Oct.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31437680
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, the genotypic diversity, the antimicrobial resistance traits of canine and feline clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) isolates in a diagnostic laboratory in Italy during 2015-2016. All isolates were characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC)-mec typing and staphylococcal protein A (spa)-typing. The resistance profiles were assessed by antimicrobial susceptibility testing and confirmed genotypically by the detection of mecA gene and by microarray analyses. The prevalence of MRSP isolates was high (31.6%). All the strains were multidrug resistant and the most frequent clone was ST71-SCCmec type II-III. These results confirm a high prevalence of MRSP amongst clinical samples from pets in Italy. These isolates show multidrug resistance features that are of concern both in veterinary and human medicine for clinical and epidemiological reasons.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Staphylococcus / Cat Diseases / Methicillin Resistance / Dog Diseases / Pets Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2019 Document type: Article
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Staphylococcus / Cat Diseases / Methicillin Resistance / Dog Diseases / Pets Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis Year: 2019 Document type: Article