Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal colonization in clinically normal dogs and horses in the community

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 602-606

  Vengust, M ^a   Anderson, M E C ^b   Rousseau, J ^b   Weese, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community pathogens; Methicillin resistance; MRSA; MRSI; Staphylococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; PATHOGENS;

AUREUS STRAIN; COLONISATION; COMMUNITY PATHOGEN; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPP.;

BACTERIA;

METICILLIN;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CANID; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORSE;

ANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; HORSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 33750717201     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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