Epidemiological and molecular evidence of a monophyletic infection with Staphylococcus aureus causing a purulent dermatitis in a dairy farmer and multiple cases of mastitis in his cows

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 507-513

  Grinberg, A ^a   Hittman, A ^b   Leyland, M ^a   Rogers, L ^a   Le Quesne, B ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Te Awamutu Veterinary Services   (New Zealand)

^c Mahoe Street Medical Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DERMATITIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERD; HUMAN; MALE; MASTITIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 2642530231     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002079     Document Type: Article

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