Isolation of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from mares with metritis and its zooepidemiology

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-11

  Anzai, Toru ^a   Kamada, Masanobu ^a   Kanemaru, Takumi ^a   Sugita, Shigeo ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^b   Higuchi, Toru ^c  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mitsuishi Animal Clinic Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Horse; Metritis; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040304463     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.7.7     Document Type: Article

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