Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from dogs and their owners

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 731-733

  Boost, M V ^a   O'Donoghue, M M ^a   Siu, K H G ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Community associated MRSA; Dogs; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LATAMOXEF; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN AGR; PROTEIN AGR TYPE III; PROTEIN MEC TYPE III; PROTEIN MEC TYPE IV; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; DOG; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34250351902     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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