Uea-Anuwong, Theethawat; Stephan, Roger; Stevens, Marc J A; Boss, Sara; Lugsomya, Kittitat; Kiu, Lam Hoi; Kamali, Maedeh; Gröhn, Yrjö Tapio; Nekouei, Omid; Magouras, Ioannis (2024). Isolation of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type (ST) 30 from house rats (Rattus tanezumi) in Hong Kong. One health, 19(100861) Elsevier 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100861
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is of major public health concern due to its resistance to multiple antibiotics. This resistance has been observed in various settings, including hospitals and communities, and has been detected in both animals and humans. Although peridomestic rat species (Rattus spp.) are well described reservoirs of several human pathogens and antimicrobial resistant bacteria, little is known about their role in MRSA epidemiology. In order to investigate whether Rattus spp. in Hong Kong are potential carriers of MRSA, 221 rats were caught from various ecological areas and nasopharyngeal samples were cultured on MRSA selective media. Genotypic characteristics of MRSA were confirmed by whole genome sequencing. Two clonal sequence type (ST) 30 MRSA isolates, harbouring mecA on staphylococcal chromosome cassette (SCC) mec type IVc, were cultured from two house rats (Rattus tanezumi) caught in two densely populated urban areas. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first detection of community-associated (CA)-MRSA strain ST30 SCCmec IVc in peridomestic rodents in Hong Kong and globally. Our finding indicates that house rats can be carriers of MRSA strains that are widely distributed in the community.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Veterinary Public Health Institute 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Magouras, Ioannis |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture |
ISSN: |
2352-7714 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
19 Aug 2024 15:17 |
Last Modified: |
20 Aug 2024 15:32 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100861 |
PubMed ID: |
39157653 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Antimicrobial resistance CA-MRSA Peridomestic rats Public health Rattus ST 30 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/199836 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/199836 |
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