Transmission of mrsa between companion animals and infected human patients presenting to outpatient medical care facilities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Ferreira, Jorge Pinto ^a,b   Anderson, Kevin L ^a   Correa, Maria T ^a   Lyman, Roberta ^a   Ruffin, Felicia ^b   Reller, L Barth ^b   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PET ANIMAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 81755188996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026978     Document Type: Article

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