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VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 170, Issue 3-4, Pages 446-450Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.01.042
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Acinetobacter baumannii; Animal reservoir; Multicentre study
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Our objective was to study the carriage of Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) in pets in Reunion Island (RI), a French territory in Indian Ocean. Overall, 138 pets were sampled (rectum, mouth, wounds if applicable) in 9 veterinary clinics (VC). The prevalence of AB carriage was 6.5% (95%CI; 2.4, 10.6) and 9 carriers were indentified from 4 VC. Hospitalization in a VC and antimicrobial treatment administered within the 15 preceding days were significantly associated with AB carriage (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). Despite the VC in which animals have been sampled were located all around RI, most isolates (8/9) were closely-related (>90% similarity by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis). Additional studies are needed to improve the understanding about interactions between the different reservoirs of AB in RI. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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