Methicillin (Oxacillin)-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Major Food Animals and their Potential Transmission to Humans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6489-6494

  Lee, John Hwa ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHICKENS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; GALLUS GALLUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242573415     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6489-6494.2003     Document Type: Article

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