Absence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex CC398 as a nasal colonizer of pigs raised in an alternative system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1296-1297

  Cuny, Christiane ^a   Friedrich, Alexander W ^b   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; CLONAL COMPLEX; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; FARMS;

MAMMALS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; FARM; PIG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARRIER STATE; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857096680     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07260-11     Document Type: Article

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