Epidemiology and characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from humans, raw bovine milk and a dairy plant

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 772-782

  Jaglic, Z ^a   Michu, E ^a   Holasova, M ^a   Vlkova, H ^a   Babak, V ^a   Kolar, M ^b   Bardon, J ^b,c   Schlegelova, J ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c State Veterinary Institute   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Epidemiology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77950876587     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991002     Document Type: Article

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