Prevalence of livestock-associated MRSA in broiler flocks and risk factors for slaughterhouse personnel in the Netherlands

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 743-755

  Mulders, M N ^a   Haenen, A P J ^a   Geenen, P L ^a   Vesseur, P C ^b   Poldervaart, E S ^c   Bosch, T ^a   Huijsdens, X W ^a   Hengeveld, P D ^a   Dam Deisz, W D C ^a   Graat, E A M ^d   Mevius, D ^d,e   Voss, A ^f   Van De Giessen, A W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Association of Dutch Poultry Processing Industries (NEPLUVI)   (Netherlands)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance in agricultural settings; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Staphyococcal infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; NEOMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROILER; CONTAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HERD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WORKER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 77950872090     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000075     Document Type: Article

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