Prevalence and characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs and pig workers in Tenerife, Spain

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-210

  Morcillo, Ana ^a   Castro, Beatriz ^b   Rodríguez Álvarez, Christobalina ^a   González, Juan Carlos ^c   Sierra, Antonio ^a   Montesinos, Maria Isabel ^b   Abreu, Rossana ^a   Arias, Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c Servicio Canario de la Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPAIN; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASAL MUCOSA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84857860137     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.0982     Document Type: Article

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