The oral microbiota of domestic cats harbors a wide variety of Staphylococcus species with zoonotic potential

Underrated Staphylococcus species and their role in antimicrobial resistance spreading

“…Consistently, multidrug resistant strains, like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are ubiquitous, being isolated from humans, pets, food, other animals and the environment (Vanderhaeghen et al, 2010;Kock et al, 2013;Rossi et al, 2017b). Due to local variations in control practices and specific characteristics of circulating clones, the overall geographic distribution of MRSA, for example, can range from 1 to 5% of isolates in northeastern Europe to more than 50% in certain Latin American countries (Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile) and in Japan .…”

“…In general, staphylococci are natural inhabitants of skin and mucous membranes of human beings and animals, while the prevalence of species widely varies according to the host. S. felis, for example, is typically isolated from feline, either healthy or presenting signs of lower urinary tract disease, otitis externa, and ocular disease (Rossi et al, 2017b;Worthing et al, 2018); S. pseudintermedius is prevalent in domestic dogs, healthy or related to diseases like pyoderma and otitis externa (Ruscher et al, 2009;Rossi et al, 2018); S. caprae is involved with intramammary infections in dairy goats (Moroni et al, 2005), among others. Regardless of their source, infections caused by unusual human pathogens are sporadically reported (Morfin-Otero et al, 2012;Novakova et al, 2006a,b), with special emphasis on those caused by S. pseudintermedius, with most cases indicating the contact of domestic dogs with their owners as the probable source of infection (Van Hoovels et al, 2006;Riegel et al, 2011;Lozano et al, 2017).…”

Nonconventional starter cultures of coagulase-negative staphylococci to produce animal-derived fermented foods, a SWOT analysis

“…Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are ubiquitous bacteria that occur in a wide range of ecosystems (Aquilanti et al 2016;de Sousa et al 2017;Pant u cek et al 2018), being also commonly found on animals (Chen et al 2016;Rossi et al 2017) and within their environments (Simeoni et al 2008;Boamah et al 2017). They frequently end up in animal-derived food products, including meat (Janssens et al 2012), milk (de Freitas Guimarães et al 2013 and fish (Regecov a et al 2014).…”

Portable pulsed xenon ultraviolet light disinfection in a teaching hospital animal laboratory in China

“…In our study, we found that several types of infectious bacteria exist on the surfaces and air inside the barrier system. Among them, proteus mirabilis can cause urinary tract infection, nephrolith and cystic calculus, sepsis [20,21]; staphylococcus nepalensis has zoonotic potential [22]; staphylococcus sciuri ssp sciuri [23], and staphylococcus xylosus [24] are pathogenic and resistant to different antibiotics; and aerococcus viridans can cause serious infection [25,26]. The existence of these bacteria in the barrier system suggests a risk of cross infection with the hospital environment.…”