Abstract
•First Described: 1882, Scotland (Alexander Ogsten).•Causes: In dogs and cats, the most common staphylococcal pathogens are Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus aureus, and Staphylococcus schleiferi.•Geographic Distribution: Worldwide.•Mode of Transmission: Transmission is primarily through direct contact. Indirect transmission via fomites or the environment can occur.•Major Clinical Signs: Pyoderma, otitis externa, surgical site infections, osteomyelitis, bacteremia and endocarditis, bronchopneumonia, UTIs, ocular surface infections, rarely necrotizing fasciitis and toxic shock syndrome, pyothorax and peritonitis, discospondylitis, arthritis.•Differential Diagnoses: Clinical signs are indistinguishable from infections caused by other opportunistic bacterial pathogens.•Human Health Significance: Humans can become colonized with staphylococcal isolates that colonize or infect dogs and cats. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus, which can persistently colonize humans, is of greatest concern, although human-pet transmission is probably much more common than pet-human transmission. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, which persistently colonizes dogs, has occasionally been isolated from sick and healthy people who are in contact with dogs, and is of possible concern because of its tendency to show a high degree of MDR.
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