Table 1.

Summary of Reports of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Household Pet Dogs and Cats

	Cefai et al. (1994)	Manian (2003)	Van Duijkeren et al. (2004)	Van Duijkeren et al. (2005)	Weese et al. (2006)	Vitale et al. (2006)	Sing et al. (2008)	Neinhoff et al. (2009)
Country	United Kingdom	United States	The Netherlands	The Netherlands	Canada	United States	United States	Germany
Study design	Case report	Case report	Case report	Case report	Case series (3 cases included)	Case report	Case report	Case series (1 case included)
No. of pets in study	1 dog	1 dog	1 dog	1 dog	3 dogs	1 cat	3 cats	1 dog
Pet infection or colonization	1 infected	1 colonized	1 colonized	1 colonized	All 3 dogs infected	1 infected	1 colonized, 2 negative	1 colonized
No. of humans in study	2	2	4	3	1 human per household	1	4	1
Human infection or colonization	2 colonized	2 infected	2 colonized, 2 negative	1 infected, 2 colonized	Each human colonized	1 colonized	1 infected, 3 colonized	1 infected
Identical strains?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
MRSA type	Not described	Not described	RIVM cluster 35	RIVM cluster 28, sequence type 80	Epidemic Candaian MRSA-2	USA300	ST80	ST225
Pet decolonization?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (for all cases)	Yes	Yes	No
Drugs used for pet	Mupirocin/triclosan	Vancomycin Ointment (5%)	Doxycycline/rifampin	Ciprofloxacin/rifampin	N/A	Amoxicillin, clavulanic acid, enrofloxacin	Ciprofloxacin/rifampin	N/A

MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; N/A, not available.