An investigation of household dogs as the source in a case of human bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

ABSTRACT: Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a commensal and an opportunistic pathogen in dogs, and is also an opportunistic pathogen in humans. Here we report about a case of bacteraemia with a fatal outcome in a 77-year-old co-morbid male likely caused by a S. pseudintermedius and the investigation into the possible transmission from the two dogs in the patient's household. The two dogs carried the same S. pseudintermedius strain, but this dog strain was unrelated to the strain from the patient. In contrast to the patient strain, the dog strain showed reduced susceptibility to several antibiotics and both dogs had received antibiotic treatment prior to sampling. So, it is conceivable that these treatments can have eliminated the patient's strain between the transmission event

SUBMITTER: Ostholm Balkhed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10321180 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature