德国发现宠物传播的MRSA感染病例

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Zoonotic Transmission of MRSA Reported in Germany
德国报道发现动物传染的MRSA 病例

BOSTON (Reuters) Mar 13
波士顿（路透社）3月13日

- Pets can harbor virulent antibiotic-resistant infections and spread them to humans, which is illustrated by a case of MRSA in a woman who was most likely infected by her pet cat, German researchers reported on Wednesday.
宠物身上可寄生致命性的耐抗生素的感染源，并可以将它们传染给人，这已经被一个感染MRSA 的女性患者所证实，她极有可能是被她的宠物猫传染的，德国研究者在周三报道了这一病例。

The woman developed deep abscesses caused by MRSA. Her husband and two children showed evidence of infection, too, but it disappeared with treatment as the woman's abscesses festered.
这个妇女形成了由MRSA感染引起的深部脓肿。她的丈夫和两个孩子也有被感染的迹象，但是治疗后症状已消失（就像妇女的脓肿浅表化一样）

Dr. Andreas Sing of the Bavarian Food and Health Safety Authority and colleagues examined the woman's three apparently healthy cats. One animal harbored the same MRSA strain. Only after the cat was treated with antibiotics did the woman's abscesses clear up.
食物健康安全局的安德鲁博士和同事们检测了这个妇女的三个看起来很健康的宠物猫。结果一个寄生有MRSA 菌株。只有在抗生素治愈猫的感染后这个妇女的脓肿才被清楚干净。

Researchers already know that people can pick up such infections from dogs.
研究人员已经知道人类可以被狗身上的感染源感染。

\"It remains unclear whether the cat was the source of the patient's infection or vice versa,\" the researchers note -- but said the strain was rare in humans.
研究者重申，尚不完全清楚是宠物猫传给患者的，还是患者传给猫的，但是人身上很少存在这个菌株。

\"This case illustrates that MRSA transmission also occurs between humans and cats,\" they added in a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine.
研究者在给新英格兰医学杂志的信中提到：“这个病例表明人和猫之间也会发生MRSA的传染”

\"We conclude that pets should be considered as possible household reservoirs of MRSA that can cause infection or reinfection in humans.\"

我们认为宠物应该是引起人类感染或再感染MRSA可能的家庭宿主。


MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
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