Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain ST398 is present in midwestern U.S. swine and swine workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Smith, Tara C ^a   Male, Michael J ^a   Harper, Abby L ^a   Kroeger, Jennifer S ^b   Tinkler, Gregory P ^a   Moritz, Erin D ^a   Capuano, Ana W ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^a,b,c   Diekema, Daniel J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESERVOIR; SWINE; UNITED STATES; WORKER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MANPOWER; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE;

EID: 60849097256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004258     Document Type: Article

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