Occurrence and distribution of Staphylococcus aureus lineages among zoo animals

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 228-231

  Espinosa Gongora, Carmen ^a   Chrobak, Dorota ^b   Moodley, Arshnee ^a   Bertelsen, Mads Frost ^a,c   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAXONOMY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; MAMMALS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861573184     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.027     Document Type: Letter

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