MRSA variant in companion animals

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2017-2020

  Walther, Birgit ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Vincze, Szilvia ^a   Antão, Esther Maria ^a   Brandenburg, Anja ^b   Stamm, Ivonne ^b   Kopp, Peter A ^b   Kohn, Barbara ^a   Semmler, Torsten ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MARBOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAT; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GUINEA PIG; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATS; DOGS; GERMANY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84869792835     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.120238     Document Type: Article

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