MRSA Transmission between Cows and Humans

Details

• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Juhász-Kaszanyitzky, Éva ; Jánosi, Szilárd ; Somogyi, Pál ; Dán, Ádám ; van Bloois, Linda vanderGraaf ; van Duijkeren, Engeline ; Wagenaar, Jaap A.
• Description:
  We isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from cows with subclinical mastitis and from a person who worked with these animals. The bovine and human strains were indistinguishable by phenotyping and genotyping methods and were of a low frequency spa type. To our knowledge, this finding indicates the first documented case of direct transmission of MRSA between cows and humans.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cattle
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Mastitis, Bovine
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phenotype
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(4):630-632.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.060833
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (online) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights:
  Open Access
• CIO:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
• Division:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16455/cdc_16455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 101.16 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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