Emergence of MRSA ST612 in horses and of MSSA CC398 in cats in France.

Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus is an important zoonotic pathogen that has often been seen in animals through the prism of the MRSA clonal complex (CC) 398 in pigs and in-contact humans. The goal of this study was first to assess the prevalence of MRSA, and second to look for MSSA CC398 in cats, dogs and horses in France.

Methods: Clinical S.

Improving Time to Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Patients with Acute Neurologic Dysfunction.

Background: Children presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED) with neurologic dysfunction require prompt evaluation. Many PEDs successfully implement stroke alerts. However, most pediatric patients presenting with neurologic dysfunction have a non-stroke diagnosis better evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Epidemiological and genomic analysis of strains from retailed raw meat.

causes hospital-acquired infections in human patients with compromised immune system. Strains associated to nosocomial infections are often resistant to carbapenems and belong to few international clones (IC1-11). .

No genetic link between E. coli isolates carrying mcr-1 in bovines and humans in France.

Background: Colistin is a last-line antibiotic used to treat severe human infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria. In parallel, colistin has massively been used in the veterinary field so that mcr-1-positive E. coli have spread worldwide in livestock, potentially constituting a reservoir of colistin-resistant isolates that can be further transmitted to humans.