Longitudinal study of the contamination of air and of soil surfaces in the vicinity of pig barns by livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5666-5671

  Schulz, Jochen ^a   Friese, Anika ^b   Klees, Sylvia ^c   Tenhagen, Bernd A ^d   Fetsch, Alexandra ^d   Rösler, Uwe ^b   Hartung, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Ostwestfalen Lippe CVUAOWL   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AMBIENT AIR; GERMANY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SAMPLING METHOD; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SURFACES; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; FLOORS; MAMMALS; SOILS;

FARM BUILDINGS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PIG; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURFACE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEASON; SWINE; WIND;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; WIND;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84866166712     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00550-12     Document Type: Article

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