Bovine Staphylococcus aureus: Association of virulence genes, genotypes and clinical outcome

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-448

  Fournier, C ^a   Kuhnert, P ^b   Frey, J ^b   Miserez, R ^c   Kirchhofer, M ^a   Kaufmann, T ^a   Steiner, A ^a   Graber, H U ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Amt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Tiergesundheit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contagiosity; Genotypes; PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HERD; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51049117690     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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