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  • Title: Isolation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a postoperative wound infection in a horse.
    Author: Hartmann FA, Trostle SS, Klohnen AA.
    Journal: J Am Vet Med Assoc; 1997 Sep 01; 211(5):590-2. PubMed ID: 9290826.
    Abstract:
    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from a postoperative wound infection in a horse. Methicillin-resistant S aureus infections in animals have been reported. In human beings, MRSA is an important cause of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections. Infections caused by MRSA respond poorly to beta-lactam treatment, and resistance of MRSA to multiple antimicrobials, including aminoglycosides, macrolides, clindamycin, and tetracyclines, is common. Identification of MRSA by routine susceptibility testing may be difficult; therefore, techniques for MRSA detection should be incorporated by clinicopathology laboratories. Because the number of hospital and community-acquired MRSA infections in human beings is increasing, it seems likely that MRSA infections in animals will also become more frequent.
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