Have any of your dogs had MRSA?

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dawns2shelties

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Since I am looking at a possible diagnosis of Methicillin Resistant Staph for Gypsy I have been searching the internet. It seems MRSA is becoming more common in dogs than in the past, so I was wondering if anyone here has dealt with it and what was your experience. length of time to heal,dogs symptoms etc. Thanks ahead of time for any and all input you might have.
 
No, but I have. The pills were $86 EACH. Yeah insurance!

When I talked to my vet about it, he said dogs are more susceptible to a different type than the hospital acquired MRSA people get. I can't remember what the difference is, though. My landlords dog had staph and ecoli on her head. Baytril is what finally did it. They did a C&S to figure it out.
 
ClantyreSheltie said:
No, but I have. The pills were $86 EACH. Yeah insurance!

When I talked to my vet about it, he said dogs are more susceptible to a different type than the hospital acquired MRSA people get. I can't remember what the difference is, though. My landlords dog had staph and ecoli on her head. Baytril is what finally did it. They did a C&S to figure it out.
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Gypsy was on Baytril for the first month of her allergy outbreaks because that is what cleared her up last year but after 4 or 5 weeks this year she started getting sick from it so we switched meds. I'll keep that in mind if new med does not work and let the derm know. I still have a full script here actually.
 
I had one patient with it. She had 3 different bacteria-MRSA, e coli and Strep in her ears. Look like someone poured acid down that dogs poor ears in was that bad. Owner had brought it in when it was very mild and within 1 week it progressed to that.

We used a combo of meds - One know one was Baytril and the other escapes me now as we rarely use it -it was based on culture results. I remember 1 of the bacteria was resistant to everything but that drug I don't remember. The other 2 where resistant to everything but Baytril. Unfortunately, I don't work at that clinic any more so I can look up the record. I'll ask the vet I used to work with as I remember the exact dog it was. It was the only case I've see.
 
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Baytril is a good dog med because they stopped using it in humans. Something about it breaking down to something toxic in humans. If they haven't done it already, definitely need to do the culture and sensitivity. That will tell you for sure what is going on.
 
Watch yourself Dawn as CA-MRSA (communuty acquired MRSA) can be passed from dog to human. If it is MRSA, ask your vet what precautions you should take for yourself.
 
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