2024-03-28T16:05:54Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1428642017-12-18T13:34:47Zcom_10261_108com_10261_8col_10261_361
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Porrero, M. Concepción
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Mentaberre, Gregorio
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Sánchez, Sergio
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Serrano, Emmanuel
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Marco, Ignasi
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Vidal, Dolors
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Domínguez, Lucas
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2013
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a life-threatening pathogen in humans and its presence in animals is a public health concern. The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of MRSA in free-living wild animals. Samples from red deer (n= 273), Iberian ibex (n= 212), Eurasian Griffon vulture (n= 40) and wild boar (n= 817) taken from different areas in Spain between June 2008 and November 2011 were analyzed. Characterization of the isolates was performed by spa typing, multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. A low prevalence of MRSA was found with 13 isolates obtained from 12 animals (0.89%; 95% CI: 0.46-1.56). All MRSA sequence types belonged to ST398 (t011 and t1451) and ST1 (t127). Genotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns (tetracycline resistance in ST398 and clindamycin-erythromycin-tetracycline resistance in ST1) suggest that the MRSA found probably originated in livestock (ST398) or humans (ST1). This is the first report of MRSA carriers in free-living wild animals in Europe. Although our data showed that MRSA prevalence is currently low, free-living wild animals might act as reservoir and represent a potential risk for human health.
Veterinary Journal 198(1): 127-130 (2013)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/142864
10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.06.004
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002809
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012818
Wildlife
MLST
Spa typing
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in different free-living wild animal species in Spain