Strain typing and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococcal species in dogs and people associated with dogs in Thailand

Chanchaithong, Pattrarat; Perreten, Vincent; Schwendener, Sybille; Tribuddharat, C; Chongthaleong, A; Niyomtham, W; Prapasarakul, N (2014). Strain typing and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococcal species in dogs and people associated with dogs in Thailand. Journal of applied microbiology, 117(2), pp. 572-586. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/jam.12545

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AIMS

This study was to investigate and to characterize methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci (MRCoPS) harboring in dogs and people associated with dogs in Thailand.

METHODS AND RESULTS

Staphylococci were collected from 100 dogs, 100 dog owners, 200 small animal veterinarians and 100 people without pet association. Species of MRCoPS were identified phenotypically and genotypically. Molecular characteristics were determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and SCCmec typing, and antimicrobial susceptibility was assayed by broth microdilution and by microarray analysis for resistance genes. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. coagulans (MRSSc) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were isolated from dogs (45, 17 and 1%, respectively), veterinarians (8, 2 and 1·5%, respectively) and dog owners (3, 2 and 0%, respectively). Seventeen sequence types (STs) were identified among 83 MRSP isolates which specifically carried SCCmec V, II-III, ΨSCCmec57395 and three uncharacterized SCCmec types. MRSP ST 45, 68 and novel STs including 169, 178, 181 and 183 were shared among canine and human isolates. Most of MRSA ST398 and MRSSc carried SCCmec type V. The MRCoPS commonly displayed multiple resistances to tested antimicrobials and carried various resistance genes.

CONCLUSION

Variety of MRCoPS, especially new MRSP clones, distributed in dogs and people in Thailand.

SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY

The existence of MRCoPS circulating between dogs and humans in Thailand provides indirect evidence of interspecies transmission and represents a potential public health hazard.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology > Molecular Bacterial Epidemiology and Infectiology
05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology

UniBE Contributor:

Chanchaithong, Pattrarat, Perreten, Vincent, Schwendener, Sybille

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1364-5072

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Vincent Perreten

Date Deposited:

06 Feb 2015 09:58

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:39

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jam.12545

PubMed ID:

24833550

Uncontrolled Keywords:

antimicrobial resistance dogs genetic characteristics humans methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.62547

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62547

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