mecA gene transferrability and antibiogram of zoonotic Staphylococcus intermedius from animals, staff, and the environment in animal hospitals in Korea

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 420-427

  Youn, Jung Ho ^a   Hwang, Sun Young ^a   Kim, So Hyun ^a,c   Koo, Hye Cheong ^a   Shin, Sook ^a   Moon, Bo Youn ^a   Lim, Suk Kyung ^b   Park, Yong Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Korea   (South Korea)

^c Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animal hospital; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus intermedius (mrsi); Multidrug resistant; Staphylococcus intermedius; Transferrability of meca gene

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFLURANTOIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KOREA; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 77649201067     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0905.05041     Document Type: Article

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