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MRSA risk for our pet companions |
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Written by MyPetFriends
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 |
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 Researchers have warned of the risk of MRSA infection from pet bites. In the Lancet infectious diseases review, US researchers found that there has been an increase in the dog and cat bites resulting in MRSA infection.
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MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - is not a common strain of the bacteria in domestic animals, but it is being seen more and more. It is not the pets that carry MRSA, but that a bite from a pet cat or dog, can transmit MRSA from the skin of human carriers and cause infection inside the wound. However, the researchers also found that community-acquired strains of MRSA are increasing in prevalence, and a growing body of clinical evidence has documented MRSA colonisation in domestic animals, often implying direct infection from their human owners
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