Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Human Infection Cases in Spain: Dog-to-Human Transmission

  1. Lozano, C. 12
  2. Rezusta, A. 345
  3. Ferrer, I. 345
  4. Pérez-Laguna, V. 4
  5. Zarazaga, M. 1
  6. Ruiz-Ripa, L. 1
  7. Revillo, M.J. 3
  8. Torres, C. 12
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja
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    Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03vfjzd38

  3. 3 Hospital Miguel Servet
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    Hospital Miguel Servet

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r13mt55

  4. 4 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

  5. 5 Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón
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    Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón

    Zaragoza, España

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Revista:
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

ISSN: 1530-3667

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 17

Número: 4

Páginas: 268-270

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1089/VBZ.2016.2048 PMID: 28075235 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85026294381 WoS: WOS:000397584900008 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Resumen

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is an opportunistic pathogen that has been identified as infectious agent or colonizer mainly in dogs. S. pseudintermedius has been also detected in humans and more specifically in people in contact with dogs. In this study, the possible S. pseudintermedius pet-to-human transmission was analyzed in four clinical human cases. Two patients were dog owners and S. pseudintermedius was also detected as colonizer in these healthy animals. S. pseudintermedius isolates from patients and dogs of the same household showed identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, sequence types (STs), and antimicrobial resistance phenotypes and genotypes, and were methicillin susceptible. Resistance to erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, trimetoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and/or ciprofloxacin was identified among S. pseudintermedius strains. The lineages ST241 and the new ST521 were detected in the strains of the two dog-owner patients, respectively. The strains from the other two patients presented two new STs, ST719 and ST720. To our knowledge, this is the first description of human infections caused by S. pseudintermedius in Spain.