Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in a farmer with skin lesions and in pigs of his farm: Clonal relationship and detection of lnu(A) gene

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 923-927

  Lozano, C ^a   Aspiroz, C ^b   Ara, M ^c   Gomez Sanz E ^a   Zarazaga, M ^a   Torres, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

MRSA; Pigs; Spa t011; Spa t108; ST398

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79959291024     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03437.x     Document Type: Article

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