Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus in veterinary teaching hospitals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2916-2919

  Middleton, John R ^a,b   Fales, William H ^b   Luby, Christopher D ^a   Oaks, J Lindsay ^c   Sanchez, Susan ^d   Kinyon, Joann M ^e   Wu, Ching Ching ^f   Maddox, Carol W ^g   Welsh, Ronald D ^h   Hartmann, Paye ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; FOWL; HORSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIAS (BIRD); BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; FELIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 20444500912     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2916-2919.2005     Document Type: Article

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