Staphylococci in animals: Prevalence, identification and antimicrobial susceptibility, with an emphasis on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-105

  Rich, Michael ^a  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Methicillin resistant; Pets; Staphylococci; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAT; CATTLE; DOG; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HORSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 21744438099     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2005.11732694     Document Type: Review

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