Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from small and exotic animals at a university hospital during routine microbiological examinations

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Walther, Birgit ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Friedrich, Alexander W ^b   Hanssen, Anne Merethe ^c   Kohn, Barbara ^a   Brunnberg, Leo ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

MRSA; Small animal; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BAT; BIRD; CAT; CHINCHILLA; DERMATITIS; DOG; GENOTYPE; GUINEA PIG; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS; PARROT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SQUIRREL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TURTLE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GUINEA PIGS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PSITTACIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 37249068572     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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