Common house spiders are not likely vectors of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 962-965

  Baxtrom, Catherine ^a   Mongkolpradit, Tara ^b   Kasimos, John N ^a   Braune, Laima M ^a   Wise, Ronald D ^c   Sierwald, Petra ^d   Ramsey, Kyle H ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Midwest Physician's Group   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Flora; Infection; Spider; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SPIDER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FUNGI; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SPIDERS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; AEROMONAS; ARANEAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750941624     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[962:CHSANL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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