Departments of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, Federico II University of Naples, 80134 Naples, Italy.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Federico II University of Naples, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 8;17(9):3278. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093278.
Animal-assisted interventions are widely implemented in different contexts worldwide. Particularly, animal-assisted therapies and animal-assisted activities are often implemented in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and other health facilities. These interventions bring several benefits to patients but can also expose them to the risk of infection with potentially zoonotic agents. The dog is the main animal species involved used in these interventions. Therefore, we aimed at collecting data regarding the occurrence of the pathogens ESKAPE (, , , , , spp.) in dogs, in order to draft guidelines concerning the possible monitoring of dogs involved in animal-assisted therapies and animal-assisted activities in healthcare facilities. We performed a literature search using the PRISMA guidelines to examine three databases: PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. Out of 2604 records found, 52 papers were identified as eligible for inclusion in the review/meta-analysis. Sixteen papers reported data on ; 16 on ; nine on ; four on ; eight on ; and six on spp. This work will contribute to increased awareness to the potential zoonotic risks posed by the involvement of dogs in animal-assisted therapies, and animal-assisted activities in healthcare facilities.
动物辅助干预措施在全球范围内的不同环境中得到广泛实施。特别是，动物辅助疗法和动物辅助活动经常在医院、康复中心和其他医疗机构中实施。这些干预措施为患者带来了许多益处，但也使他们面临感染潜在人畜共患病原体的风险。在这些干预措施中，狗是主要涉及的动物物种。因此，我们旨在收集有关 ESKAPE（肠杆菌科、金黄色葡萄球菌、耐碳青霉烯类肠杆菌科、肺炎克雷伯菌、鲍曼不动杆菌、铜绿假单胞菌）病原体在狗中出现的数据，以便起草有关医疗保健设施中参与动物辅助疗法和动物辅助活动的狗可能监测的指南。我们按照 PRISMA 指南进行了文献检索，以检查三个数据库：PubMed、Web of Science 和 Scopus。在 2604 条记录中，有 52 篇论文被确定为符合纳入审查/荟萃分析的标准。16 篇论文报告了关于 的数据；16 篇关于 的；9 篇关于 的；4 篇关于 的；8 篇关于 的；6 篇关于 spp. 的。这项工作将有助于提高人们对狗在动物辅助疗法和动物辅助活动中参与可能带来的人畜共患病潜在风险的认识。
