Transmission of a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain between humans and a dog

E van Duijkeren; M J H M Wolfhagen; M E O C Heck; W J B Wannet

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6209-6211.2005

Transmission of a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain between humans and a dog

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):6209-11. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6209-6211.2005.

Authors

E van Duijkeren¹, M J H M Wolfhagen, M E O C Heck, W J B Wannet

Affiliation

¹ Bacteriology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. E.duijkeren@vet.uu.nl

Abstract

Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains with identical resistance patterns were cultured from recurrent infections of a 51-year-old patient, her healthy husband, son, and dog, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that all MRSA strains were indistinguishable.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Toxins
Dog Diseases / microbiology
Dog Diseases / transmission*
Dogs
Exotoxins
Female
Humans
Leukocidins
Methicillin Resistance*
Middle Aged
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Exotoxins
Leukocidins
Panton-Valentine leukocidin