Table 3. Resistance profiles of (i) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from 283 companion animals and (ii) methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from 20 companion animals.
| Species | Animal hosta | Sampling site | spa type | Resistance genes | Phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility test profile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX screeningb | Other resistancesc | |||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | Dog (#12) | Nasal | t108 | mecA | POS | PEN, OXA, TET |
| Dog (#16) | Nasal | t034 | mecA | POS | PEN, OXA, CLI, ERY, TET | |
| Dog (#89) | Buccal | t011 | mecA | POS | PEN, OXA, LVX, TET | |
| Dog (#103) | Nasal | t034 | mecA | POS | PEN, CLI, TET | |
| Dog (#171) | Buccal | t034 | mecA | POS | PEN, OXA, LVX, TET, SXT | |
| Dog (#171) | Nasal | t034 | mecA | POS | PEN, OXA, LVX, TET, SXT | |
| Cat (#44) | Buccal | t843 | mecC | POS | PEN, OXA | |
| Cat (#44) | Nasal | t843 | mecC | POS | PEN | |
| Cat (#67) | Buccal | t011 | mecA | POS | PEN, OXA, LVX, TET | |
| Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. cohnii | Dog (#2) | Buccal | mecA | POS | OXA, FOF | |
| Staphylococcus cohnii subsp. urealyticus | Rabbit (#3) | Nasal | - | POS | OXA, FOF, FA | |
| Rabbit (#3) | Buccal | - | POS | OXA, FOF, FA | ||
| Staphylococcus pettenkoferi | Rabbit (#1) | Buccal | - | POS | OXA, FOF | |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus | Rabbit (#3) | Nasal | mecA | POS | OXA, FOF, FA | |
a Individual running numbers of animals are given in brackets.
b as determined by VITEK 2 automated system (bioMérieux).
c MICs were detected with VITEK 2 (bioMérieux) and evaluated using breakpoints provided by EUCAST [22].
POS, positive; CLI, clindamycin; ERY, erythromycin; FOF, fosfomycin; FA, fusidic acid; LVX, levofloxacin; OXA, oxacillin; PEN, penicillin; TET, tetracycline; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazol.