Short Communication: Prevalence of meticillin-resistantstaphylococci among dogs and cats at a veterinary teaching hospital in Portugal

Veterinary Record

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Couto, N ^a   Pomba, C ^a   Moodley, A ^b   Guardabassi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960511694     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c6948     Document Type: Article

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