Screening for methicillin-resistant staphylococci in dogs admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-136

  Vanderhaeghen, Wannes ^a,b   Van De Velde, Evelien ^b   Crombé, Florence ^a,b   Polis, Ingeborgh ^b   Hermans, Katleen ^b   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^b   Butaye, Patrick ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carriage; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Dogs; Methicillin resistant staphylococci; MRSA

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; DOG; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPA TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

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

EID: 84856271837     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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