Transmission of opportunistic pathogens in a veterinary teaching hospital

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-359

  Boerlin, P ^a   Eugster, S ^a   Gaschen, F ^a   Straub, R ^a   Schawalder, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Enterococcus faecium; Horse; Nsocomial infection; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HORSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND CARE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0035480078     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00396-0     Document Type: Article

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