Widespread rapid emergence of a distinct methicillin- and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) genetic lineage in Europe

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 340-346

  Ruscher, Claudia ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a   Semmler, Torsten ^a   Wleklinski, Claus G ^b   Paasch, Angela ^a   Šoba, Alexandra ^b   Stamm, Ivonne ^c   Kopp, Peter ^c   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Walther, Birgit ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Labor Augsburg   (Germany)

^c Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horse; Methicillin resistance; MRSP; Small animal; Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEUKOTOXIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; EUROPE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

EID: 77955566796     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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