Two dogs with iatrogenic discospondylitis caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Schwartz, M ^a   Boettcher, I C ^a,b   Kramer, S ^a   Tipold, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62549102900     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2008.00720.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Adamo, P. F. Cherubini, G. B. (2001) Discospondylitis associated with three unreported bacteria in the dog. Journal of Small Animal Practice 42, 352 355
2. Baptiste, K. E., Williams, K., Willams, N. J., Wattret, A., Clegg, P. D., Dawson, S., Corkill, J. E., O'Neill, T. Hart, C. A. (2005) Methicillin- resistant staphylococci in companion animals. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11, 1942 1944
3. Boag, A., Loeffler, A. Lloyd, D. H. (2004) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from companion animals. Veterinary Record 154, 411
4. Bourn, J. (2000) The Management and Control of Hospital Acquired Infection in Acute NHS Trusts in England. National Audit Office Press Notice HC 230 Session 1999/00 Available from : http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/9900/ hospital-acquired-infection.aspx (accessed 26 February 2009)
5. Burkert, B. A., Kerwin, S. C., Hosgood, G. L., Pechman, R. D. Fontenelle, J. P. (2005) Signalment and clinical features of diskospondylitis in dogs: 513 cases (1980-2001). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 227, 268 275
6. Butterworth, S. J., Barr, F. J., Pearson, G. R. Day, M. J. (1995) Multiple discospondylitis associated with Aspergillus species infection in a dog. Veterinary Record 136, 38 41
7. Cefai, C., Ashurst, S. Owens, C. (1994) Human carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus linked with pet dog. Lancet 344, 539 540
8. Chambers, H. F. (1988) Methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 1, 173 186
9. Cherubini, G. B., Cappello, R., Lu, D., Targett, M., Wessmann, A. Mantis, P. (2004) MRI findings in a dog with discospondylitis caused by Bordetella species. Journal of Small Animal Practice 45, 417 420
10. Davis, M. J., Dewey, C. W., Walker, M. A., Kerwin, S. C., Moon, M. L., Kortz, G. D., Koblik, P. D., Mahaffey, M. B., Budsberg, S. C. Slater, M. R. (2000) Contrast radiographic findings in canine bacterial discospondylitis: a multicenter, retrospective study of 27 cases. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 36, 81 85
11. van Duijkeren, E., Wolfhagen, M. J., Box, A. T., Heck, M. E., Wannet, W. J. Fluit, A. C. (2004) Human-to-dog transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10, 2235 2237
12. Fischer, A., Mahaffey, M. B. Oliver, J. E. (1997) Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous disk aspiration in 10 dogs with diskospondylitis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 11, 284 287
13. Gilmore, D. R. (1987) Lumbosacral diskospondylitis in 21 dogs. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 23, 57 61
14. Gonzalo-Orden, J. M., Altonaga, J. R., Orden, M. A. Gonzalo, J. M. (2000) Magnetic resonance, computed tomographic and radiologic findings in a dog with discospondylitis. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 41, 142 144
15. Hanselman, B., Anderson, M., Kruth, S. Weese, J. S. (2005) Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in dogs entering a veterinary teaching hospital. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 19, 464
16. Hurov, L., Troy, G. Turnwald, G. (1978) Diskospondylitis in the dog: 27 cases. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 173, 275 281
17. Johnson, A. P., Aucken, H. M., Cavendish, S., Ganner, M., Wale, M. C., Warner, M., Livermore, D. M. Cookson, B. D. (2001) Dominance of EMRSA-15 and -16 among MRSA causing nosocomial bacteraemia in the UK: analysis of isolates from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS). Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 48, 143 144
18. Kerwin, S. C., Lewis, D. D., Hribernik, T. N., Partington, B., Hosgood, G. Eilts, B. E. (1992) Diskospondylitis associated with Brucella canis infection in dogs: 14 cases (1980-1991). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 201, 1253 1257
19. Klevens, R. M., Edwards, J. R., Tenover, F. C., McDonald, L. C., Horan, T. Gaynes, R. (2006) Changes in the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units in US hospitals, 1992-2003. Clinical Infectious Diseases 42, 389 391
20. Kornegay, J. N. Barber, D. L. (1980) Diskospondylitis in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 177, 337 341
21. Leonard, F. C. Markey, B. K. (2008) Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals: a review. Veterinary Journal 175, 27 36
22. Leonard, F. C., Abbott, Y., Rossney, A., Quinn, P. J., O'Mahony, R. Markey, B. K. (2006) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a veterinary surgeon and five dogs in one practice. Veterinary Record 158, 155 159
23. Levine, J. M., Levine, G. J., Boozer, L., Schatzberg, S. J., Platt, S. R., Kent, M., Kerwin, S. C. Fosgate, G. T. (2008) Adverse effects and outcome associated with dexamethasone administration in dogs with acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation: 161 cases (2000-2006). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 232, 411 417
24. Loeffler, A., Boag, A. K., Sung, J., Lindsay, J. A., Guardabassi, L., Dalsgaard, A., Smith, H., Stevens, K. B. Lloyd, D. H. (2005) Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among staff and pets in a small animal referral hospital in the UK. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 56, 692 697
25. Malik, S., Peng, H. Barton, M. D. (2006) Partial nucleotide sequencing of the mecA genes of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cats and dogs. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44, 413 416
26. O'Mahony, R., Abbott, Y., Leonard, F. C., Markey, B. K., Quinn, P. J., Pollock, P. J., Fanning, S. Rossney, A. S. (2005) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from animals and veterinary personnel in Ireland. Veterinary Microbiology 109, 285 296
27. Panlilio, A. L., Culver, D. H., Gaynes, R. P., Banerjee, S., Henderson, T. S., Tolson, J. S. Martone, W. J. (1992) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in U.S. hospitals, 1975-1991. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 13, 582 586
28. Rich, M. Roberts, L. (2004) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from companion animals. Veterinary Record 154, 310
29. Rich, M. Roberts, L. (2006) MRSA in companion animals. Veterinary Record 159, 535 536
30. Rothman, S. L. (1996) The diagnosis of infections of the spine by modern imaging techniques. Orthopedic Clinics of North America 27, 15 31
31. Shamir, M. H., Tavor, N. Aizenberg, T. (2001) Radiographic findings during recovery from discospondylitis. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 42, 496 503
32. Strommenger, B., Kehrenberg, C., Kettlitz, C., Cuny, C., Verspohl, J., Witte, W. Schwarz, S. (2006) Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from pet animals and their relationship to human isolates. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 57, 461 465
33. Thomas, W. B. (2000) Diskospondylitis and other vertebral infections. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 30, 169 182 vii
34. Tiemersma, E. W., Bronzwaer, S. L., Lyytikainen, O., Degener, J. E., Schrijnemakers, P., Bruinsma, N., Monen, J., Witte, W. Grundman, H. (2004) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe, 1999-2002. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10, 1627 1634
35. Tomlin, J., Pead, M. J., Lloyd, D. H., Howell, S., Hartmann, F., Jackson, H. A. Muir, P. (1999) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in 11 dogs. Veterinary Record 144, 60 64
36. Weese, J. S., Dick, H., Willey, B. M., McGeer, A., Kreiswirth, B. N., Innis, B. Low, D. E. (2006) Suspected transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between domestic pets and humans in veterinary clinics and in the household. Veterinary Microbiology 115, 148 155