Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterinary personnel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1233-1236

  Zemlickova H ^a   Fridrichova M ^a   Tyllova K ^a   Jakubu V ^a   Machova I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carriage; Czech Republic; MRSA; Typing; Veterinarians

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEUKOCIDIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CZECH REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; VETERINARIANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949163731     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002015     Document Type: Article

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