Corrente Marialaura, D'Abramo Maria, Latronico Francesca, Greco Maria Fiorella, Bellacicco Anna Lucia, Greco Grazia, Martella Vito, Buonavoglia Domenico
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
New Microbiol. 2009 Jul;32(3):311-4.
A methicillin-resistant (MR) Staphylococcus epidermidis strain was isolated from a saddle horse affected by osteolysis. MR coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRCNS) were isolated from 11 of 14 (78.8%) horses housed in the same riding club. By typing of the SCCmec region, almost the strains displayed a non typeable (NT) pattern and possessed the ccr type 2. Altogether, the high prevalence of MRCNS and the detection of NT SCCmec types support the hypothesis that horses may represent a reservoir of MRCNS for humans and that equine MRCNS may act as potential source of resistance genes for other staphylococci.
