Prevalence of ST9 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pigs and pig handlers in Malaysia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4138-4140

  Neela, Vasanthakumari ^a   Zafrul, Arif Mohd ^a   Mariana, Nor Shamsudin ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Liew, Yun Khoon ^a   Rad, Ehsanollah Ghaznavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 71549134910     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01363-09     Document Type: Article

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