Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in three dairy herds in southwest Germany

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 252-261

  Spohr, M ^a   Rau, J ^b   Friedrich, A ^b   Klittich, G ^c   Fetsch, A ^d   Guerra, B ^d   Hammerl, J A ^d   Tenhagen, B A ^d  

^a Eutergesundheitsdienst ^*  (Germany)

^b Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart   (Germany)

^c Landesgesundheitsamt   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cattle; Mastitis; Methicillin; Milk; Pigs; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFQUINOME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DAIRY CATTLE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GERMANY; HERD; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STAFF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; THROAT CULTURE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

BOS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955844583     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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