Emergence of MRSA infections in horses in a veterinary hospital: strain characterisation and comparison with MRSA from humans

Cuny, Christiane; Kuemmerle, J. M.; Stanek, C; Willey, Barbara M.; Strommenger, Birgit; Witte, Wolfgang

doi:10.2807/esm.11.01.00595-en

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“…Whereas with the assistance of epidemiological typing it is proved that strains of MRSA isolated from horses and equine associated personnel are different (Baptiste et al, 2005;O'Mahony et al, 2005;Weese et al, 2005a;Cuny et al, 2006). Outbreaks linking both horses and humans in veterinary hospitals were reported from the United States (Seguin et al, 1999), Canada (Weese et al, 2005a), Ireland (O'Mahony et al, 2005, Austria (Cuny et al, 2006(Cuny et al, , 2008, the Netherlands (van Duijkeren et al, 2010) Switzerland (Sieber et al, 2011) and Israel (Schwaber et al, 2013). The typing studies revealed that the MRSA isolated from pigs (Voss et al, 2005;Van Dijke et al, 2006) and cattle (Kwon et al, 2005) are distinct from MRSA of human lineage.…”

Section: Advances In Animal and Veterinary Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nosocomial Infections and their Surveillance in Veterinary Hospitals

Milton¹

2015

Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci.

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| Nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections are well-thought-out to be the most common problem affecting hospitalized human patients as well as veterinary patients. These are of great consequence in veterinary medicine and can have considerable adverse effects on the individual patient as well as on the veterinary hospital as a whole. Different infectious agents like MRSA, Cl. difficile, MDR E. coli, Salmonella spp. and many more are of prodigious significance in causing NIs. A surveillance and control measure for these NIs in veterinary settings needs to be addressed in future. This review consolidates some Nosocomial infections and the strategy for its surveillance in veterinary practice.

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Section: Advances In Animal and Veterinary Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nosocomial Infections and their Surveillance in Veterinary Hospitals

Milton¹

2015

Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci.

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“…The following are three different locations: (1) 60 harness racing-horses aged between [3][4][5][6] years randomly selected at the Agnano racetrack; (2) 64 breeding mares aged between [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] years from an Equine Reproduction Centre; (3) 67 horses aged more than 15 years from a large Riding Centre.…”

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“…Skin and soft tissue MRSA infections [7] , bacteraemia, septic arthritis and osteomyelitis [8,9] , implantrelated infections, metritis [10] , omphalitis [11] , catheter-related infections and pneumonia [12] have all been reported in horses.…”

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A comparative evaluation of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from harness racing-horses, breeding mares and riding-horses in Italy

Mallardo

Nizza

Fiorito

et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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To investigate the prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) which is a potencial risk factor of transmission between animals and humans in different types of horses (harness racing-horses, breeding mares and riding-horses) and to compare the antimicrobial resistance of the isolates. A total of 191 healthy horses, housed at different locations of the Campania Region (Italy), were included in the study. Nasal swab samples were collected from each nostril of the horses. The mecA gene was detected by a nested PCR technique. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed for each isolate. MRS were isolated from nasal samples of 68/191 (35.6%; 95% CI: 28.9%-42.9%) healthy horses. All isolates were coagulasenegative with the exception of two coagulase-positive-MRS strains, identified as Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, 2/83 (2.4%; 95% CI: 0.4%-9.2%). Interestingly, both coagulase-positive-MRS isolates were from harness racing-horses. These horses also presented a significant higher positivity for MRS (53.3%; 95% CI: 40.1%-66.1%) than the breeding mares and riding-horses groups. Antibiotic susceptibility testing resulted difference between isolates due to different origin except for an almost common high resistance to aminopenicillins, as ampicillin and amoxicillin. It can be concluded that harness racing-horses may act as a significant reservoir of MRS as compared to breeding mares and riding-horses

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“…This has recently been reviewed [1]. Sometimes distinct animal specific-lineages such as LA-MRSA have been involved [12,13], but on many occasions human-associated MRSA genotypes have been identified [14]. A note of caution in assessing the impact of 'animal' MRSA in human infections is that the increased awareness of such organisms is likely to have influenced the concentration of studies dealing with MRSA in animals.…”

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“…7% of horses on farms in Canada and the USA [63] were colonized with MRSA. Cuny et al [12] reported 24 MRSA infections in 768 clinical samples from horses at a veterinary teaching hospital in Austria and an estimated infection rate of 4.8 MRSA cases/1000 equine admissions. In a recent study investigating 110 horses presenting at a Belgian equine clinic 10 .…”

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Reflection paper on MRSA in food-producing and companion animals: epidemiology and control options for human and animal health

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SUMMARYThe scope of this reflection paper was to review the latest research on the risk of MRSA infection and colonization in animals. Attention focused on occurrence, risk factors for colonization and infection, and human contact hazard for livestock, horses, and companion animals. Whereas the clonal relationship between MRSA strains of CC398 is straightforward in livestock this is less obvious in horses. Small companion animals typically share MRSA strains that seem to exchange with a human reservoir. Management and therapeutic options have been suggested for livestock, horses, companion animals, as well as instructions on safety measures for persons in contact with animals. Conclusions were drawn with emphasis on future research activities, especially to confirm the apparent evolution of the organism and to demonstrate efficiency of control strategies.

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Emergence of MRSA infections in horses in a veterinary hospital: strain characterisation and comparison with MRSA from humans

Cited by 81 publications

References 26 publications

Nosocomial Infections and their Surveillance in Veterinary Hospitals

Nosocomial Infections and their Surveillance in Veterinary Hospitals

A comparative evaluation of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from harness racing-horses, breeding mares and riding-horses in Italy

Reflection paper on MRSA in food-producing and companion animals: epidemiology and control options for human and animal health

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