Genotypic relatedness and phenotypic characterization of Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies in clinical samples from dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-102

  Cain, Christine L ^a,c   Morris, Daniel O ^a   O'Shea, Kathleen ^b   Rankin, Shelley C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MARBOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; DOG; GENE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MECA GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI COAGULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI SCHLEIFERI; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; COAGULASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI;

EID: 78651424413     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.1.96     Document Type: Article

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