Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus Aureus in retail meat, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1135-1137

  Bhargava, Kanika ^a   Wang, Xiaogang ^a   Donabedian, Susan ^b   Zervos, Marcus ^b   da Rocha, Liziane ^a   Zhang, Yifan ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEEF; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LETTER; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICHIGAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 79957638861     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.101095     Document Type: Letter

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