Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in veterinary personnel.(RESEARCH)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from nares of 27/417 (6.5%) attendees at an international veterinary conference: 23/345 (7.0%) veterinarians, 4/34 (12.0%) technicians, and 0/38 others. Colonization was more common for large-animal (15/96, 15.6%) than small-animal personnel (12/271, 4.4%) or those with no animal patient contact (0/50) (p

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a problematic pathogen in human medicine and appears to be an emerging problem in veterinary medicine. Historically, hospital-associated MRSA ...

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