Foxes as a potential wildlife reservoir for mecA-positive staphylococci

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 583-587

  Carson, Marianne ^a   Meredith, Anna L ^b   Shaw, Darren J ^b   Giotis, Efstathios S ^a   Lloyd, David H ^a   Loeffler, Anette ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Foxes; mecA; Staphylococci; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID; METICILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EQUORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FOXES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ZOONOSES;

CANIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RATTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84864049328     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0825     Document Type: Article

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