Heterogeneity and phylogenetic relationships of community-associated methicillin-sensitive/resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in healthy dogs, cats and their owners

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Wan, M T ^a   Fu, S Y ^a   Lo, Y P ^a   Huang, T M ^b   Cheng, M M ^a   Chou, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Animal Health Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility test; Enterotoxin genes; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Staphylocoagulase; Staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST; ENTEROTOXIN GENE; ENTEROTOXINS; METHICILLIN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOAGULASE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOME CASSETTE MEC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXINS; SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTS;

GENES;

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CANID; CHROMOSOME; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ELECTROKINESIS; FELID; FOOD POISONING; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATEDNESS; TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE SMEAR; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING;

JAPAN; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 83555179111     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05179.x     Document Type: Article

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