Community-acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 Infection, Italy

eosin (10). DNA extracted from these areas was PCR positive for OvHV-2, which confi rmed the co-localization of OvHV-2 DNA sequences in the site of MCF-like lesions. Taken together, these fi ndings confi rm an emergent infectious disease associated with OvHV-2 infection in a horse, a species previously considered not susceptible to OvHV-2. The fi nding of vasculitis associated with intralesional OvHV-2 DNA sequences unequivocally demonstrates the pathogenic potential of this virus in foals. However, a cause-and-effect relationship between OvHV-2 infection and interstitial pneumonia as well as the granulomatous infl ammation in the liver and spleen could not be established in this case. This report supports the notion that either equine infection is extremely rare or that this strain of OvHV-2 underwent recent modifi cations that expanded the host range.