Skin lesion by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ST398-t1451 in a Spanish pig farmer: Possible transmission from animals to humans

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-607

  Lozano, Carmen ^a   Aspiroz, Carmen ^b   Charlez, Luis ^b   Gómez Sanz, Elena ^a   Toledo, Miguel ^b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Staphylococcus; Surveillance; Transmission; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINUPRISTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79959396134     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0226     Document Type: Article

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