Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius among cats admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 414-416

  Nienhoff, Ulrike ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^b   Chaberny, Iris F ^c   Verspohl, Jutta ^a   Gerlach, Gerald F ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^a   Nolte, Ingo ^a   Simon, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dru typing; MRSP; Multiresistance; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; SCCmec typing; Spa typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYODERMA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHINITIS; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

EID: 80053132047     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.045     Document Type: Letter

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