@article{fdi:010061638,
  title = {{H}uman-associated {S}taphylococcus aureus strains within great ape populations in {C}entral {A}frica ({G}abon)},
  author = {{N}agel, {M}. and {D}ischinger, {J}. and {T}ürck, {M}. and {V}errier, {D}. and {O}edenkoven, {M}. and {N}goubangoye, {B}. and {L}e {F}lohic, {G}. and {D}rexler, {J}.{F}. and {B}ierbaum, {G}. and {G}onzalez, {J}ean-{P}aul},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he risk of serious infections caused by {S}taphylococcus aureus is well-known. {H}owever, most studies regarding the distribution of (clinically relevant) {S}.aureus among humans and animals took place in the western hemisphere and only limited data are available from ({C}entral) {A}frica. {I}n this context, recent studies focused on {S}.aureus strains in humans and primates, but the question of whether humans and monkeys share related {S}.aureus strains or may interchange strains remained largely unsolved. {I}n this study we aimed to evaluate the distribution and spread of human-like {S}.aureus strains among great apes living in captivity. {T}herefore, a primate facility at the {I}nternational {C}entre for {M}edical {R}esearch of {F}ranceville ({G}abon) was screened. {W}e detected among the primates a common human {S}.aureus strain, belonging to the spa-type t148. {I}t was isolated from three different individuals of the western lowland gorilla ({G}orilla gorilla gorilla), of which one individual showed a large necrotizing wound. {T}his animal died, most probably of a staphylococcal sepsis. {A}dditionally, we discovered the t148 type among chimpanzees ({P}an troglodytes) that were settled in the immediate neighbourhood of the infected gorillas. {A} detailed analysis by pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that the gorilla and chimpanzee isolates represented two closely related strains. {T}o our knowledge, this is the first report of a human-associated {S}.aureus strain causing disease in great apes. {T}he simultaneous detection in gorillas and chimpanzees indicated an interspecies transmission of this {S}.aureus strain. {O}ur results recommend that protection of wild animals must not only be based on habitat conservation, but also on the assessment of the risk of contact with human pathogens.},
  keywords = {{BACTERIOSE} ; {EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {TRANSMISSION} ; {HOMME} ; {PRIMATE} ; {SOUCHE} ; {ELECTROPHORESE} ; {TECHNIQUE} {RFLP} ; {GABON}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}linical {M}icrobiology and {I}nfection},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {11},
  pages = {1072--1077},
  ISSN = {1198-743{X}},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1111/1469-0691.12119},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061638},
}