First report of multiresistant, mecA-positive Staphylococcus intermedius in Europe: 12 Cases from a veterinary dermatology referral clinic in Germany

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 412-421

  Loeffler, Anette ^a   Linek, Monika ^b   Moodley, Arshnee ^c   Guardabassi, Luca ^c   Sung, Julia M L ^d   Winkler, Margit ^b   Weiss, Reinhard ^e   Lloyd, David H ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Tierärztliche Spezialisten ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' N METHYLCARBOXAMIDEADENOSINE; 5'-N-METHYLCARBOXAMIDEADENOSINE; ADENOSINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DERMATOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMANY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 35948966418     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2007.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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