High occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in equine nasal samples

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 138-144

  Van den Eede, A ^a   Martens, A ^a   Lipinska, U ^a   Struelens, M ^b   Deplano, A ^b   Denis, O ^b   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Gasthuys, F ^a   Hermans, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Horse; MRSA; Nasal colonization, ST398; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; COLISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HORSE; INDUSTRY; LUXEMBOURG; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLE; SCCMEC GENE; SCREENING; SPA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; IVA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 55549129932     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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