Nationwide surveillance and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolated from dogs and cats in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is an important opportunistic pathogen of companion animals, mainly associated with skin and mucous membrane colonization among pets. We aimed to characterize the S. pseudintermedius isolates collected from dogs and cats nationwide in South Korea. A total of 1,071 S. pseudintermedius isolates were recovered from mostly dogs (n = 1037) and cats (n = 34) in four different infection sites: skin/ear (n = 887), urine (n = 28), respiratory tract (n = 49), and genital organs (n = 107). S. pseudintermedius isolates exhibited high resistance (> 50%) to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol. Antimicrobial resistance rates were significantly higher in non-skin isolates than in skin isolates from dogs (p < 0.05). In ad

SUBMITTER: Kim SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12638927 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature