Livestock veterinarians at high risk of acquiring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-389

  Garcia Graells, C ^a   Antoine, J ^b   Larsen, J ^c   Catry, B ^b   Skov, R ^c   Denis, O ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exposure to live pigs; livestock associated MRSA; pig veterinarians; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CARRIER STATE; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 84856250526     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002263     Document Type: Review

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