Potential for Pet Animals to Harbour Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus When Residing with Human MRSA Patients

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-293

  Morris, D O ^a   Lautenbach, E ^a   Zaoutis, T ^a   Leckerman, K ^a   Edelstein, P H ^a   Rankin, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing techniques; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pets; Staphylococcus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DOG; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PETS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84860372828     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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