Table 1.

Location of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. (MRS) in households in Sampling 1. Contact dogs in the same household were tested if present. The contact dog of Dog C tested negative for methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius (MRSP) at the time of sampling but had tested positive for MRSP in a screening approximately one month earlier.

		Dog			Owner		Environment					Contact Dog
Household	Isolate	Infection Site	Perineum	Mouth	Nose	Throat	Food Bowl	Sleeping Place	Floor	Bathroom	Kitchen	Perineum/Mouth
A	MRSP	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	n/a
B	MRSP	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	n/a
C	MRSP	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-
D	MRSP	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	n/a
E	MRSP	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+
F	MRSP	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+
G	MRSP	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	n/a
H	MRSE	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	n/a