Molecular detection and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from dogs in Portugal

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-337

  Coelho, Céline ^a,b   Torres, Carmen ^c   Radhouani, Hajer ^a,b   Pinto, Luís ^a,b   Lozano, Carmen ^c   Gómez Sanz, Elena ^c   Zaragaza, Myriam ^c   Igrejas, Gilberto ^a   Poeta, Patrícia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEUCINE; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SERINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISK DIFFUSION; DOG; GENE CASSETTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA GYRASE; DOGS; EXOTOXINS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUTATION; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79957647003     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0080     Document Type: Article

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