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Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from healthy dogs in Nsukka, Nigeria

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Title
Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from healthy dogs in Nsukka, Nigeria
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Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, January 2014
DOI 10.1590/s1517-83822014005000034
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Kennedy F. Chah, Elena Gómez-Sanz, John A. Nwanta, Brendan Asadu, Ifeoma C. Agbo, Carmen Lozano, Myriam Zarazaga, Carmen Torres

Abstract

The occurrence, resistance phenotype and molecular mechanisms of resistance of methicillin-resistant staphylococci from groin swabs of 109 clinically healthy dogs in Nsukka, Nigeria were investigated. The groin swab samples were cultured on mannitol salt agar supplemented with 10 μg of cloxacillin. Sixteen methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCoNS), all harbouring the mecA gene were isolated from 14 (12.8%) of the 109 dogs studied. The MRCoNS isolated were: S. sciuri subspecies rodentium, S. lentus, S. haemolyticus, and S. simulans with S. sciuri subspecies rodentium (62.5%) being the predominant species. Thirteen (81.3%) of the MRCoNS were resistant to tetracycline while 12 (75%) and 10 (62.5%) were resistant to kanamycin and trimthoprim-sulphamethoxazole respectively. None of the isolates was resistant to fusidic acid, linezolid and vancomycin. Thirteen (81.3%) of the MRCoNS were multi-drug resistance (MDR). Other antimicrobial genes detected were: blaZ, tet(K), tet(M), tet(L), erm(B), lnu(A), aacA-aphD, aphA3, str, dfr(G), cat pC221 , and cat pC223 . Methicillin-resistant staphylococci are common colonizers of healthy dogs in Nigeria with a major species detected being S. sciuri subsp. rodentium.

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Country Count As %
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 68 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 17%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 10%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Other 12 17%
Unknown 19 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 12 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 16%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 7%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 20 29%
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