High-level mupirocin resistance in methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from dogs and cats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mupirocin is one of the few antimicrobials active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and is frequently used for the eradication of MRSA nasal colonisation in humans. Initially, mupirocin resistance was recognised in human S. aureus, including MRSA isolates, then also among coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). Nowadays, mupirocin resistance is occasionally observed in canine staphylococci, along with Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) strains, as well as CoNS, which usually show methicillin resistance. In the current study, high-level mupirocin resistance in methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from diseased dogs and cats was investigated.

Results

Among 140 methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolates from dogs and cats, thr

SUBMITTER: Kizerwetter-Swida M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617863 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature