Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci among horses, personnel and environmental sites at equine facilities

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 397-401

  Moodley, Arshnee ^a   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Commensal bacteria; Contamination; Veterinary hospitals

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DENMARK; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HORSE; HUMAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERSONNEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS SCIURI; STREPTOCOCCUS VITULINUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DENMARK; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EQUIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 67349240859     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.01.034     Document Type: Article

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