Cats as a Risk for Transmission of Antimicrobial drug−resistant Salmonella

To determine whether cats were a risk for transmission of Salmonella to humans, we evaluated the excretion of Salmonella by pet cats. Rectal-swab specimens were taken from 278 healthy house cats, from 58 cats that died of disease, and from 35 group-housed cats. Group-housed cats were kept in one room with three cat trays and a common water and feed tray. Eighteen (51.4%) of 35 group-housed cats, 5 (8.6%) of 58 diseased cats (5/58), and 1 (0.36%) of 278 healthy house cats excreted Salmonella. Salmonella isolates were of serotypes Typhimurium, Enteritidis, Bovismorbificans and 4:i:-. Acquired an... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Filip Van Immerseel
Frank Pasmans
Jeroen De Buck
Ivan Rychlik
Helena Hradecka
Jean-Marc Collard
Christa Wildemauwe
Marc Heyndrickx
Richard Ducatelle
Freddy Haesebrouck
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 12, Pp 2169-2174 (2004)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: zoonoses / Salmonella Infections / cats / disease reservoirs / research / Belgium / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26582174
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1012.040904

To determine whether cats were a risk for transmission of Salmonella to humans, we evaluated the excretion of Salmonella by pet cats. Rectal-swab specimens were taken from 278 healthy house cats, from 58 cats that died of disease, and from 35 group-housed cats. Group-housed cats were kept in one room with three cat trays and a common water and feed tray. Eighteen (51.4%) of 35 group-housed cats, 5 (8.6%) of 58 diseased cats (5/58), and 1 (0.36%) of 278 healthy house cats excreted Salmonella. Salmonella isolates were of serotypes Typhimurium, Enteritidis, Bovismorbificans and 4:i:-. Acquired antimicrobial resistance was found in serotype Typhimurium (resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline; to ampicillin; and to chloramphenicol) and 4:i:- strains (resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides, trimethoprim, and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim). Cats that excrete Salmonella can pose a public health hazard to people who are highly susceptible to Salmonella, such as children, the elderly, and immunocompromised persons.