Occurrence, species distribution, antimicrobial resistance and clonality of methicillin- and erythromycin-resistant staphylococci in the nasal cavity of domestic animals

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 307-315

  Bagcigil, Funda A ^a   Moodley, Arshnee ^b   Baptiste, Keith E ^b   Jensen, Vibeke F ^c   Guardabassi, Luca ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animals; erm(C); mecA; Nasal cavity; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN; CEFTIOFUR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFATHIAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TILMICOSIN; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DENMARK; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ERMC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 33947152358     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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