Raffaele Scarpellini, Laura Leal Vélez De Mendizábal, Sergio Quevedo-Caraballo, José L Blanco, Marta E García, Marta Pérez-Sancho, Miriam Portero Fuentes, Silvia Penelo, Erika Esposito, Elisabetta Mondo, Silvia Piva
The role of small animal veterinary hospitals in the onset and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant organisms (AMROs) is still not clear, and the implementation of an internal surveillance systems is a cost-effective tool to better understand their impact. The aim of this study was to describe a pilot program of active surveillance in a Spanish Veterinary Teaching Hospital, developed to estimate the detection frequency of AMROs in the commensal flora of patients and in the environment. Surveillance was focused on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci (MRS), third generation cephalosporins resistant gram-negative bacteria (3GCR-GNB), and carbapenems-resistant gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB)...
April 2, 2024: Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases