Prevalence of types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in turkey flocks and personnel attending the animals

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2223-2232

  Richter, A ^a   Sting, R ^a   Popp, C ^b   Rau, J ^a   Tenhagen, B A ^c   Guerra, B ^c   Hafez, H M ^d   Fetsch, A ^c  

^a Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart   (Germany)

^b Tierseuchenkasse Baden Württemberg Animal Health Service Stuttgart   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Livestock; methicillin resistance; occupational health; turkeys; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERD; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIVESTOCK; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; TURKEY (BIRD); ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DUST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 84869380767     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881200009X     Document Type: Article

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