Dogs and cats could be passing on drug-resistant bugs to owners, study finds


Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms to hospitalised owners. In addition, humans could be transmitting these dangerous microbes to their pets, according to new research to be presented at this weekend’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Copenhagen. However, the researchers stressed that the risk of…
This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2023-03-19.