Aerobic bacteria from mucous membranes, ear canals, and skin wounds of feral cats in Grenada, and the antimicrobial drug susceptibility of major isolates

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-134

  Hariharan, Harry ^a   Matthew, Vanessa ^a   Fountain, Jacqueline ^a   Snell, Alicia ^a   Doherty, Devin ^a   King, Brittany ^a   Shemer, Eran ^a   Oliveira, Simone ^b   Sharma, Ravindra N ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Feral cats; Mucous membranes; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE; FERAL ANIMAL; MOUTH; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS ARGENTINENSIS; RECTUM; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURICULARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; VAGINA SMEAR; WOUND;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EAR CANAL; EYE; FEMALE; GRENADA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECTUM; SKIN; VAGINA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS ARGENTINENSIS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURICULARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 79951767778     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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