Hartmann F A, Trostle S S, Klohnen A A
Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1102, USA.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1997 Sep 1;211(5):590-2.
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.
耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）从一匹马的术后伤口感染中分离出来。动物中耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌感染已有报道。在人类中，MRSA是医院获得性（医院内）感染的重要原因。由MRSA引起的感染对β-内酰胺治疗反应不佳，并且MRSA对多种抗菌药物（包括氨基糖苷类、大环内酯类、克林霉素和四环素类）耐药很常见。通过常规药敏试验鉴定MRSA可能困难；因此，临床病理实验室应采用MRSA检测技术。由于人类医院获得性和社区获得性MRSA感染的数量正在增加，动物中的MRSA感染似乎也将变得更加频繁。
