Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from food and food products of poultry origin in Germany

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7151-7157

  Feßler, Andrea T ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^a   Hassel, Melanie ^b   Hauschild, Tomasz ^a   Eidam, Christopher ^a   Ehricht, Ralf ^c   Monecke, Stefan ^c,d   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Landesuntersuchungsamt Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

^c Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL COMPLEX; ENTEROTOXIGENIC; ENTEROTOXIN; FOOD-PRODUCING ANIMALS; GENE CLUSTERS; GERMANY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POULTRY MEAT; POULTRY PRODUCTS; TOXIC SHOCKS; TURKEY MEAT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GENES; HEALTH HAZARDS;

MEATS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; EXFOLIATIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; SUPERANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; FOOD; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; SURVEY; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; EXFOLIATINS; EXOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; LEUKOCIDINS; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; SUPERANTIGENS; TURKEY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

GERMANY;

EID: 80054699430     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00561-11     Document Type: Article

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