Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus strains acquired by pig farmers from pigs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8010-8014

  Oppliger, Anne ^a   Moreillon, Philippe ^b   Charrière, Nicole ^a   Giddey, Marlyse ^b   Morisset, Delphine ^b   Sakwinska, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLONAL COMPLEX; MACROLIDES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; PIG FARMERS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RESISTANCE LEVEL; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN SWITZERLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; SEA ICE;

MAMMALS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENOTYPE; PIG; POLYMORPHISM;

AGRICULTURE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

AGRICULTURE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

NETHERLANDS; SWITZERLAND;

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

EID: 84868628465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01902-12     Document Type: Article

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