Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: An international multicentre study

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1145-1154

  Perreten, Vincent ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^b   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Andersson, Ulrika Grönlund ^c   Finn, Maria ^c   Greko, Christina ^c   Moodley, Arshnee ^d   Kania, Stephen A ^e   Frank, Linda A ^e   Bemis, David A ^e   Franco, Alessia ^f   Iurescia, Manuela ^f   Battisti, Antonio ^f   Duim, Birgitta ^g   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^g   van Duijkeren, Engeline ^g   Weese, J Scott ^h   Fitzgerald, J Ross ⁱ   Rossano, Alexandra ^a   Guardabassi, Luca ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; dog; Genotyping; MLST; PFGE; Spa

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOTHRICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953492087     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq078     Document Type: Article

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