Isolation of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from a postoperative wound infection in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 590-592

  Hartmann, Faye A ^a   Trostle, Steven S ^a   Klohnen, Andreas A O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Chino Valley Equine Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PHENYLBUTAZONE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANDAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030852531     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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