Characterization of a Staphylococcus aureus small colony variant (SCV) associated with persistent bovine mastitis

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 785-799

  Atalla, Heba ^a   Gyles, Carlton ^a   Jacob, Christian L ^b   Moisan, Helene ^b   Malouin, François ^b   Mallard, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MASTITIS; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KINETICS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 56749169131     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0110     Document Type: Article

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