Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in a veterinary teaching hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1118-1125

  Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Kikuchi, Ken ^a   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^b   Takahashi, Namiko ^a   Kamata, Shinichi ^b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTIAM; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; HSP60 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SODA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHAPERONIN 60; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; SCHOOLS, VETERINARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

EID: 34247268660     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02193-06     Document Type: Article

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