Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 735-744

  Fluit, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Livestock; MRSA; ST398; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BOVINE MASTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864041446     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03846.x     Document Type: Review

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