Factors associated with the occurrence of MRSA CC398 in herds of fattening pigs in Germany

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Alt, Katja ^a   Fetsch, Alexandra ^a   Schroeter, Andreas ^a   Guerra, Beatriz ^a   Hammerl, Jens A ^a   Hertwig, Stefan ^a   Senkov, Natalja ^a   Geinets, Anna ^a   Mueller Graf, Christine ^a   Braeunig, Juliane ^a   Kaesbohrer, Annemarie ^a   Appel, Bernd ^a   Hensel, Andreas ^a   Tenhagen, Bernd Alois ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DUST; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DUST; GERMANY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 80755125775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-7-69     Document Type: Article

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