Comparative molecular analysis substantiates zoonotic potential of equine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 704-710

  Walther, Birgit ^a   Monecke, Stefan ^b   Ruscher, Claudia ^a   Friedrich, Alexander W ^c   Ehricht, Ralf ^d   Slickers, Peter ^d   Soba, Alexandra ^e   Wleklinski, Claus G ^e   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Clondiag Chip Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^e SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PROTEIN MEC; PROTEIN MLST; PROTEIN PFGE; PROTEIN PVL; PROTEIN SPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 62749134010     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01626-08     Document Type: Article

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