Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Pig Carcasses in Hong Kong

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 416-423

  Ho, J ^a   O'Donoghue, M ^a   Guardabassi, L ^b   Moodley, A ^b   Boost, M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hong Kong; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Phenotyping; Pig carcasses

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARCASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; HONG KONG; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASAL CAVITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84865162952     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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