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ArticleZoonoses and public health2021

Epidemiologic case investigation on the zoonotic transmission of Staphylococcus aureus infection from goat to veterinarians.

Silvia Piva, Jole Mariella, Monica Cricca, Federica Giacometti, Barbara Brunetti, Elisabetta Mondo, Lucia De Castelli, Angelo Romano, Irene Ferrero, Simone Ambretti and 5 more

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Article in Zoonoses and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia PivaDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0998-3368
Jole MariellaDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4881-3898
Monica CriccaDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2815-3119
Federica GiacomettiDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1168-4826
Barbara BrunettiDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Elisabetta MondoDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Lucia De CastelliReference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Torino, Italy.
Angelo RomanoReference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6976-803X
Irene FerreroReference Laboratory for Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Torino, Italy.
Simone AmbrettiMicrobiology Department, Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Mariana RoccaroDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Giuseppe MerialdiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia-Romagna "Bruno Ubertini", Brescia, Italy.
Alessandra ScagliariniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Andrea SerrainoDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6649-438X
Angelo PeliDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
University of Bologna · ITIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus infection led to a case of goat abortion, and four veterinarians contracted S. aureus infection from the goat during and after the abortion. Three veterinarians assisted a doe during the dystocic delivery of a dead foetus. Seventy-two hours after the dystocia, which ended with the goat's death, the veterinarians who assisted during the kidding and the veterinarian who performed the necropsy showed the presence of multiple, isolated, painful pustules 1-5 mm in diameter located along their forearms and knees. S. aureus was isolated from the pustules of the veterinarians, the placenta and uterus of the goat, the organs (brain, thymus gland, abomasum, liver and spleen) of the foetus, the scrotum and eye swabs of the buck, and mammary pustules of another goat from the same herd. Histological analysis revealed purulent metritis and inflammation of the placental cotyledons. Additional investigations eliminated the chances of other infections. S. aureus isolates recovered from the veterinarians, goats, foetus and buck were sensitive to the tested anti-microbials and did not encode staphylococcal enterotoxin genes (sea, ser, sep, see, seg and sei). The isolates were closely related, as indicated by the results of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and comparative whole-genome sequencing analysis. The results of this study clearly support the hypothesis that an episode of professional zoonosis was caused by S. aureus infection during the abortion and also highlight the need for bacterial subtyping in epidemiological surveys.

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Occupational ExposureVeterinariansAbortion, VeterinaryAnimalsBacterial ZoonosesDystociaEnterotoxinsFatal OutcomeFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGoat DiseasesGoatsPregnancyStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusEnterotoxinsabortiongoatprofessional zoonosisStaphylococcus aureussubtyping

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PMID33951301
PMCPMC8453741
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