A USA300 variant and other human-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains infecting cats and dogs in FranceMarisa Haenni
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire Anses, Lyon, France
J Antimicrob Chemother 67:326-9. 2012
..To characterize methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical strains from cats and dogs in France, and to compare the clones identified with the distribution of French human MRSA...
- Non-ST131 Escherichia coli from cattle harbouring human-like bla(CTX-M-15)-carrying plasmids
Jean Yves Madec
Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes, ANSES Site de Lyon, Lyon, France
J Antimicrob Chemother 67:578-81. 2012
..To characterize bla(CTX-M-15)-carrying plasmids and lineages of nine strains of Escherichia coli from cattle...
- vanA in Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterococcus casseliflavus detected in French cattle
Marisa Haenni
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments AFSSA, Unité Bactériologie Bovine et Hygiène des Viandes, Lyon, France
Foodborne Pathog Dis 6:1107-11. 2009
..Indeed, calves, which are recurrently exposed to antibiotics in France, may allow the re-emergence of glycopeptide resistance through coselection factors, and this might potentially be concerning for human health...
- Distribution and antimicrobial resistance of clinical and subclinical mastitis pathogens in dairy cows in Rhône-Alpes, France
Marie Anne Botrel
Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments, Lyon, France
Foodborne Pathog Dis 7:479-87. 2010
..However, it also confirms the fact that attention must be maintained to avoid any emergence of such resistant bacteria...
Link between genotype and antimicrobial resistance in bovine mastitis-related Staphylococcus aureus strains, determined by comparing Swiss and French isolates from the Rhône ValleyOlga Sakwinska
Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:3428-32. 2011
..Taken together, these observations argue in favor of more routine scrutiny of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic-resistant clones in cattle and the farm environment...
- CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum β-lactamase in a shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolate of serotype O111:H8
Charlotte Valat
Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes, ANSES Site de Lyon, Lyon, France
Appl Environ Microbiol 78:1308-9. 2012
..In line with the recent CTX-M-15/O104:H4 E. coli outbreak, these data may reflect an accelerating spread of resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins within the E. coli population, including STEC isolates...
Retrospective study of necropsy-associated coagulase-positive staphylococci in horsesMarisa Haenni
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire Anses, Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes, Lyon 69364, France
J Vet Diagn Invest 22:953-6. 2010
..Finally, 3 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates belonging to the t064 spa-type were identified. One strain was isolated in 2003 and might thus be one of the first cases of equine MRSA in France...
- Characterization of a new CAMP factor carried by an integrative and conjugative element in Streptococcus agalactiae and spreading in Streptococci
Sarah Chuzeville
Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes, Anses Lyon, Lyon, France
PLoS ONE 7:e48918. 2012
..This work thus describes a CAMP factor that is carried by a mobile genetic element and has spread to different streptococcal species...
- Penicillin-binding protein gene alterations in Streptococcus uberis isolates presenting decreased susceptibility to penicillin
Marisa Haenni
Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments, Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactérienne, Lyon, France
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:1140-5. 2010
..In addition, this study shows that there is a reservoir of mutated PBPs in animals, which might be exchanged with other streptococci, such as Streptococcus agalactiae, that could potentially be transmitted to humans...
