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Doctors: Pets can be source of staph superbug

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  • German woman battled MRSA until her cat was tested and treated
  • One of the few cases of transmission of MRSA between a person and a cat
  • There have been cases of transmission between dogs, pigs and people
  • Brief report written in New England Journal of Medicine
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