Coagulase-negative staphylococci as cause of bovine mastitis-Not so different from Staphylococcus aureus?

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Taponen, Suvi ^a   Pyörälä, Satu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CLOXACILLIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ELASTASE; ENTEROTOXIN; EXFOLIATIN; FUSIDIC ACID; HEMOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREAST CELL; CELL COUNT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COW; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEIFER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58149479578     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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