Staphylococcus aureus

[TheBuns]

Hello everyone, my bun that had a head tilt got a culture sensitivity test of his right ear and it should that he has a moderate growth of Staphylococcus aureus. They prescribed him Chloramphenicol 100mg every 12hrs. My question is how curable is this and is it contagious to humans?

 

[JBun]

I don't really know much about it as there's limited info on it with rabbits, and even more limited with chloramphenicol treatment. But I know it can be a more common bacteria in rabbits with mastitis, and is easily passed to newborn kits, having a high rate of mortality (for the newborn kits).

www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Bacterial/Staph/young.htm

Here are a few articles I came across that mentioned staph, and one lengthy one talking about ear infections. Worth a read.

https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/files/342918894/In_Practice_Review_Article_Accepted_in_press.pdf

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/phar.../phenicols-use-in-animals#Absorption_v3336195

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090023306001274#

Management of Otitis in Rabbits​

2017, Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1557506316301732
Citation Excerpt :
Azithromycin has a broad spectrum of action against Gram positive and Gram negetive bacteria and both aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Azithromycin may, therefore, be efficacious over a wide range of infections in rabbits because it has been shown to be effecitive in treating Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Haemophilus spp., Pasteurella spp., Clostridium spp., Bacteroides spp., Mycoplasma spp., Toxoplasma spp., and other common pathogens.

And one just generally about abscesses.

www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Bacterial/Abscess/skin_abscess.htm

I'm presuming your vet shared with you the precautions needed when using chloramphenicol, and handling it safely?