RT Journal Article
T1 Epidemiology of the colonization and acquisition of methicillin-resistant staphylococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in dogs hospitalized in a clinic veterinary hospital in Spain
A1 López, Raúl
A1 Sánchez Díaz, Ana María
A1 Turrientes, María Carmen
A1 Baquero, María Rosario
A1 Luque, Ruth
A1 Maroto, Alba
A1 Fernández, Cristina
A1 Ortiz Díez, Gustavo
A1 Ayllón Santiago, Tania
AB Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to human and animal health. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. (MRS) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. (VRE) are of increasing importance in hospital and/or nosocomial infections and represent a potential risk of transmission to humans from infected or colonized companion animals. Studies on the risk factors associated with colonization by multiresistant bacteria in animals are scarce. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of MRS and VRE in canine patients hospitalized in a veterinary hospital and to identify the risk factors for its acquisition and persistence. Nasal and perianal swabs were obtained from 72 dogs. Antimicrobial susceptibility assays and molecular detection of mecA and van genes were performed. A prevalence of 13.9% and incidence of 26.5% was observed in dogs colonized by MRS at hospital admission and release, respectively, higher values than those described in most veterinary studies. Thirty-five Staphylococcus isolates had mecA gene and showed higher resistance levels to most of the antimicrobials evaluated. Previous and concomitant use of antibiotics and corticosteroids has been associated with an increase in MRS colonization. The use of antibiotics in other animals living with the canine patients has also been identified as an associated factor, suggesting cross transmission. The presence of van-resistant genes from Enterococcus spp. was not detected. Pets should be considered possible vehicles of transmission and reservoirs for MRS bacteria and veterinary hospitals should be considered high-risk environments for the occurrence and spread of nosocomial infections and resistant bacteria.
PB Elsevier
YR 2020
FD 2020-05-30
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105209
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105209
LA eng
NO Ortiz-Díez, G., López, R., Sánchez-Díaz, A. M., Turrientes, M. C., Baquero, M. R., Luque, R., Maroto, A., Fernández, C., & Ayllón, T. (2020). Epidemiology of the colonization and acquisition of methicillin-resistant staphylococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in dogs hospitalized in a clinic veterinary hospital in Spain. Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases, 72, 101501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2020.101501
NO Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
NO Banco Santander
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 ago 2024