This is an increasingly common question, because MRSP is increasingly common. I’ve had two calls about it this week, and it’s only Wednesday.

It’s a good question to ask because MRSP (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius) is a highly drug-resistant bacterium that causes a lot of problems in dogs, and because of the high profile

Is MRSP zoonotic?” That’s a question I get all the time. MRSP (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius) is a canine staph (a bacterium) to which people are exposed all the time. Yes, it can infect people, but only very rarely, particularly when you consider how often they’re exposed. Nonetheless, human MRSP infections can occur.

A year or two ago, I received an email from Dr. Chelsea Himsworth, who was doing some interesting work looking at different bacteria found in rats in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is an impoverished urban neighbourhood with lots of homeless people, IV drug users and HIV-infected individuals… and lots of rats. Dr. Himsworth, a veterinary pathologist working

When I give talks about methicillin-resistant staphylococci, I almost invariable get into a discussion of the risks of methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius (MRSP) in people. This bug is becoming increasingly common in dogs and because it’s so resistant to antibiotics, there’s concern about whether it can be transmitted to people.

My usual answer is that there is a

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria are big problems. They account for millions of illnesses, thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in costs every year internationally. Antibiotic-resistance is a complex issue, but some people try to over-simplify (and under-analyse) the problem.

A recent article on Examiner.com is an example. Entitled "MRSA

Since MRSP is an international problem (no matter what language you speak), there is now a resource sheet for our German-speaking friends as well:

Informationen in Deutsch ist ab sofort verfügbar hier und in unserem Abschnitt Ressourcen. Ubersetzt von Georg Lehner, Dr. med. vet.