Prevalence and characteristics of meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in humans in contact with farm animals, in livestock, and in food of animal origin, Switzerland, 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7-10

  Huber, H ^a   Koller, S ^a   Giezendanner, N ^a   Stephan, R ^a   Zweifel, C ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CEFOXITIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISK DIFFUSION; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARIAN;

EID: 77951947139     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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