Zoonotic Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: an underestimated human pathogen?

Future MicrobiologyAhead of Print CommentaryZoonotic Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: an underestimated human pathogen?Leah D Blondeau, Harry Deneer, Joseph E Rubin, Rani Kanthan, Stephen E Sanche, Camille L Hamula & Joseph M BlondeauLeah D BlondeauUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author, Harry DeneerDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author, Joseph E RubinDepartment of Veterinary Microbiology, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author, Rani KanthanDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author, Stephen E Sanche https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3643-5973Division of Clinical Microbiology, Royal University Hospital & Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author, Camille L HamulaDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Royal University Hospital & Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this author & Joseph M Blondeau *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 306 655 6943; E-mail Address: joseph.blondeau@saskhealthauthority.cahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3396-0334Division of Clinical Microbiology, Royal University Hospital & Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 0W8, CanadaUniversity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A2, CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:9 May 2023https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2023-0069AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: animal transmissionhuman pathogenStaphylococcus pseudintermediuszoonoticPapers of special note have been highlighted as: • of interestReferences1. 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Drug Resist. 7, 261–271 (2014).Medline, Google ScholarFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Ahead of Print STAY CONNECTED Metrics Downloaded 0 times History Received 21 March 2023 Accepted 30 March 2023 Published online 9 May 2023 Information© 2023 Future Medicine LtdKeywordsanimal transmissionhuman pathogenStaphylococcus pseudintermediuszoonoticAcknowledgmentsThe authors thank D Hills for her excellent clerical support.Financial & competing interests disclosureThe Staphylococcus pseudintermedius investigations are part of the PhD thesis work for L Blondeau, which is funded in part by the Royal University Hospital Foundation grant no. 220207. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.PDF download