ArticleVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)2017
High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Largest Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Costa Rica.
Article in Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Hospital-acquired and zoonotic bacteria from a veterinary hospital and their associated antimicrobial-susceptibility profiles: A systematic review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Pooled it
- Molecular Differentiation and Detection of AMR Genes from NosocomialPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial resistance, enterotoxin and biofilm production genes in Staphylococcus spp. isolated from facilities and fomites in veterinary hospital in the Caatinga biome.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024Article
- Occurrence of antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Brazilian veterinary hospital environment.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial resistance inVeterinary world · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance amongVeterinary sciences · 2021Article
- Hand Hygiene Evaluation Using Two Different Evaluation Tools and Hand Contamination of Veterinary Healthcare Workers in a Swiss Companion Animal Clinic.Veterinary sciences · 2021Article
- Controlling bacteriological contamination of environmental surfaces at the biological isolation and containment unit of a veterinary teaching hospital.Irish veterinary journal · 2021Article
- Transmission Chains of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae at the Companion Animal Veterinary Clinic-Household Interface.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Bacterial Cross-Contamination in a Veterinary Ophthalmology Setting.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- A cross-sectional study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the equine-human interface.Tropical animal health and production · 2019Article
- Antimicrobial use for selected diseases in cats in Switzerland.BMC veterinary research · 2019Article
- CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA coexist in community and hospital settings in Uganda.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a pathogen associated with severe infections in companion animals present in the community, and it is diagnosed in animals admitted to veterinary hospitals. However, reports that describe the circulation of MRSA in animal populations and veterinary settings in Latin America are scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and investigate the molecular epidemiology of MRSA in the environment of the largest veterinary teaching hospital in Costa Rica. Preselected contact surfaces were sampled twice within a 6-week period. Antimicrobial resistance, SCCmec type, Panton-Valentine leukocidin screening, USA type, and clonality were assessed in all recovered isolates. Overall, MRSA was isolated from 26.5% (27/102) of the surfaces sampled, with doors, desks, and examination tables most frequently contaminated. Molecular analysis demonstrated a variety of surfaces from different sections of the hospital contaminated by three highly related clones/pulsotypes. All, but one of the isolates were characterized as multidrug-resistant SCCmec type IV-USA700, a strain sporadically described in other countries and often classified as community acquired. The detection and frequency of this unique strain in this veterinary setting suggest Costa Rica has a distinctive MRSA ecology when compared with other countries/regions. The high level of environmental contamination highlights the necessity to establish and enforce standard cleaning and disinfection protocols to minimize further spread of this pathogen and reduce the risk of nosocomial and/or occupational transmission of MRSA.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.