Transmission of MRSA between companion animals and infected human patients presenting to outpatient medical care facilities.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a significant pathogen in both human and veterinary medicine. The importance of companion animals as reservoirs of human infections is currently unknown. The companion animals of 49 MRSA-infected outpatients (cases) were screened for MRSA carriag...

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Main Authors: Jorge Pinto Ferreira, Kevin L Anderson, Maria T Correa, Roberta Lyman, Felicia Ruffin, L Barth Reller, Vance G Fowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3213111?pdf=render