Publications (2)7.63 Total impact
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Article: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel, 2000-2002.
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ABSTRACT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection was identified in 2 horses treated at a veterinary hospital in 2000, prompting a study of colonization rates of horses and associated persons. Seventy-nine horses and 27 persons colonized or infected with MRSA were identified from October 2000 to November 2002; most isolations occurred in a 3-month period in 2002. Twenty-seven (34%) of the equine isolates were from the veterinary hospital, while 41 (51%) were from 1 thoroughbred farm in Ontario. Seventeen (63%) of 27 human isolates were from the veterinary hospital, and 8 (30%) were from the thoroughbred farm. Thirteen (16%) horses and 1 (4%) person were clinically infected. Ninety-six percent of equine and 93% of human isolates were subtypes of Canadian epidemic MRSA-5, spa type 7 and possessed SCCmecIV. All tested isolates from clinical infections were negative for the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Equine MRSA infection may be an important emerging zoonotic and veterinary disease.Emerging infectious diseases 04/2005; 11(3):430-5. · 6.17 Impact Factor -
Article: Neonatal isoerythrolysis in a foal, involving anti-Pa alloantibody.
Equine Veterinary Journal 02/1992; 24(1):71-3. · 1.46 Impact Factor
