Virulence and resistance determinants of German Staphylococcus aureus ST398 isolates from nonhuman sources

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3052-3060

  Argudin M A ^a,b   Tenhagen, B A ^b   Fetsch, A ^b   Sachsenroder J ^b   Kasbohrer A ^b   Schroeter, A ^b   Hammer, J A ^b   Hertwig, S ^b   Helmuth, R ^b   Braunig J ^b   Mendoza, M C ^a   Appe, B ^b   Rodicio, M R ^a   Guerra, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIFFUSION METHOD; ENCODING GENES; GENE REGULATORS; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GERMANY; KANAMYCINS; MACROLIDES; METHICILLIN; RESISTANCE PROFILES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOGRAMINS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIRULENCE GENE;

ANTIBIOTICS; CLONING; GENE ENCODING; MAMMALS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; GENE; HETEROGENEITY; MEAT; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955599962     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02260-10     Document Type: Article

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