Formation and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA) aerosols carrying antibiotic-resistant genes in a poultry farming environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-145

  Liu, Dunjiang ^a   Chai, Tongjie ^a   Xia, Xianzhu ^b   Gao, Yuwei ^b   Cai, Yumei ^a   Li, Xiaoxia ^c   Miao, Zengming ^c   Sun, Lingyu ^a   Hao, Haiyu ^a   Roesler, Uwe ^d   Wang, Jian ^e  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Military Veterinary PLA   (China)

^c TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Bureau of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosols of Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic resistant genes; Chicken farming environment; REP PCR tracing; Significance to epidemiology and public health

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE; CHICKEN FARMING ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR AIR; REP-PCR; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; GENES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULPERAZON; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FARM; FECES; GENE; INDOOR AIR; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMA GENE; ERMC GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETM GENE;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POULTRY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860662324     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.060     Document Type: Article

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