Reflection paper on MRSA in food-producing and companion animals: Epidemiology and control options for human and animal health

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 626-644

  Catry, B ^a   Van Duijkeren, E ^b   Pomba, M C ^c   Greko, C ^d   Moreno, M A ^e   Pyorala S ^f   Ruzauskas M ^g   Sanders, P ^h   Threlfall, E J ⁱ   Ungemach, F ^j   Torneke K ^k   Munoz Madero C ^l   Torren Edo, J ^l  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^h Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^k MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^l EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

CC398; Companion animals; Horses; Livestock; MRSA; ST398; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GLYCEROL; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MARBOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; SULFONAMIDE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE MASTITIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMODICOSIS; DERMATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; FOOD POISONING; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HORSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVESTOCK; MASTITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PET ANIMAL; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYODERMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTICEMIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARRIER STATE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77950895367     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000014     Document Type: Review

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