Surveillance of bacterial contamination in small animal veterinary hospitals with special focus on antimicrobial resistance and virulence traits of enterococci

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-445

  KuKanich, Kate S ^a   Ghosh, Anuradha ^a   Skarbek, Jennifer V ^a   Lothamer, Kale M ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STANDARD; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 84857080611     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.4.437     Document Type: Article

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