Concurrent Mithicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Candida ocular infection in a BALB/c mouse: A case report

Authors

  • Vinod Kumar Singh Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science & AH, DUVASU, Mathura Author
  • Rahul Kumar Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura (UP)-281001, India Author
  • Amit Kumar Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura (UP)-281001, India Author
  • Sharad Kumar Yadav Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura (UP)-281001, India Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/jlas.2021.4.2.2

Keywords:

Mouse, Ocular infection, Polymicrobial, MRSA, Candida

Abstract

Polymicrobial infections tend to be more complex and results in aggressive forms of diseases that often exhibit  multi drug resistance and impact the therapeutic measures. Despite the severity of such infections, polymicrobial etiology  represents a neglected concept in making a clinical diagnosis. In present report, we describe a case of ocular infection  associated with Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans in a female BALB/c mouse. This report not only underscores  the importance of polymicrobial infection but also highlights the occupational risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to research and animal care personnel’s in animal research facility 

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Published

2022-01-30

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Laboratory Animal Science(Jul-Dec)

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