Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in pigs and pig farmers

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 298-303

  Khanna, T ^a   Friendship, R ^a   Dewey, C ^a   Weese, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENOMICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL CAVITY; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 39749143425     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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