Transmission of multiple antimicrobial-resistant Staphylococcus intermedius between dogs affected by deep pyoderma and their owners

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Guardabassi, L ^a   Loeber, M E ^a   Jacobson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Pyoderma; Staphylococcus intermedius; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; FUSIDIC ACID; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYODERMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MARTES PENNANTI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 1642493787     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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