Comparative genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ST398 isolated from animals and humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Jamrozy, Dorota M ^a,b   Fielder, Mark D ^b   Butaye, Patrick ^c,d   Coldham, Nick G ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIAMULIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLFB GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; EBPS GENE; FNBA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAEMOLYSIN GENE; HL GENE; HLA GENE; HLD GENE; HLGA GENE; HUMAN; ICAA GENE; ICAD GENE; LEUKOCIDIN GENE; LUKF GENE; LUKS GENE; LUKY GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERANTIGENS; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84863833774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040458     Document Type: Article

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