Livestock associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LaMRSA) isolated from lesions of pigs at necropsy in Northwest Germany Between 2004 and 2007

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Meemken, D ^a   Blaha, T ^a   Tegeler, R ^a   Tenhagen, B A ^b   Guerra, B ^b   Hammerl, J A ^b   Hertwig, S ^b   Kasbohrer A ^b   Appel, B ^b   Fetsch, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergence; Methicillin; Pathology; Pigs; Resistance; spa typing

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78649667887     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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