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Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Lineages in Wild Animals in Europe: A Review

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunist pathogen that is responsible for numerous types of infections. S. aureus is known for its ability to easily acquire antibiotic resistance determinants. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of infections both in humans and animals and is us...

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Autores principales: Silva, Vanessa, Capelo, José L., Igrejas, Gilberto, Poeta, Patrícia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7148531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32183272
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9030122
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author Silva, Vanessa
Capelo, José L.
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description Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunist pathogen that is responsible for numerous types of infections. S. aureus is known for its ability to easily acquire antibiotic resistance determinants. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of infections both in humans and animals and is usually associated with a multidrug-resistant profile. MRSA dissemination is increasing due to its capability of establishing new reservoirs and has been found in humans, animals and the environment. Despite the fact that the information on the incidence of MRSA in the environment and, in particular, in wild animals, is scarce, some studies have reported the presence of these strains among wildlife with no direct contact with antibiotics. This shows a possible transmission between species and, consequently, a public health concern. The aim of this review is to better understand the distribution, prevalence and molecular lineages of MRSA in European free-living animals.
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spelling pubmed-71485312020-04-20 Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Lineages in Wild Animals in Europe: A Review Silva, Vanessa Capelo, José L. Igrejas, Gilberto Poeta, Patrícia Antibiotics (Basel) Review Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunist pathogen that is responsible for numerous types of infections. S. aureus is known for its ability to easily acquire antibiotic resistance determinants. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of infections both in humans and animals and is usually associated with a multidrug-resistant profile. MRSA dissemination is increasing due to its capability of establishing new reservoirs and has been found in humans, animals and the environment. Despite the fact that the information on the incidence of MRSA in the environment and, in particular, in wild animals, is scarce, some studies have reported the presence of these strains among wildlife with no direct contact with antibiotics. This shows a possible transmission between species and, consequently, a public health concern. The aim of this review is to better understand the distribution, prevalence and molecular lineages of MRSA in European free-living animals. MDPI 2020-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7148531/ /pubmed/32183272 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9030122 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_sort molecular epidemiology of staphylococcus aureus lineages in wild animals in europe: a review
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