Report: Woman, Cat Shared Staph Bug

By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Diseases

(AP) -- People struggling to get rid of recurrent staph infections might want to consider an often-overlooked source: the family pet. A German woman repeatedly battled the same strain of drug-resistant superbug MRSA until her cat was tested and treated. It's one of the few documented cases of transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between a person and a cat.

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