High risk for nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Danish veterinary practitioners

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Moodley, Arshnee ^a   Nightingale, Emily C ^a   Stegger, Marc ^b   Nielsen, Søren S ^a   Skov, Robert L ^b   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Farmer; Occupational health; Veterinarian

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINUPRISTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORSE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE; CAT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DOG; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PIG; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; VETERINARIAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 45149123683     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1219     Document Type: Article

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