The prevalence of carriage of meticillin-resistant staphylococci by veterinary dermatology practice staff and their respective pets

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-407

  Morris, Daniel O ^a   Boston, Raymond C ^b   O'Shea, Kathleen ^a   Rankin, Shelley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DATA COLLECTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PETS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI;

EID: 77954366332     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2010.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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