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Table 5 Geographical origin of canine-derived staphylococci used in this study

From: Genetic resistance determinants to fusidic acid and chlorhexidine in variably susceptible staphylococci from dogs

Geographical location

South-East U.K.a

North U.K.b

Germanyc

Finlandd

U.S.A.e

Total

MRSP

47

49

24

49

50

219

FA-R MRSP

0

0

0

40

0

40

MSSP

44f

50

24

50

51

219

MRSA

50

0

0

0

0

50

MSSA

50

0

0

0

0

50

Total

191

99

48

139

101

578

  1. MRSP methicillin-resistant S. pseudintermedius, FA-R fusidic acid resistant as defined by disk diffusion testing, MSSP methicillin-sensitive S. pseudintermedius, MRSA methicillin-resistant S. aureus, MSSA methicillin-sensitive S. aureus
  2. All of clinical origin except f which are of clinical (n = 3) and carriage (n = 41) origin
  3. From the authors’ collections: aSMF, RB, AL; bDT; VMS; cAL; dMR, TG; eSCR, KO