Presence of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 and ST9 in swine in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-552

  Asai, Tetsuo ^a   Hiki, Mototaka ^a   Baba, Kotaro ^a   Usui, Masaru ^a   Ishihara, Kanako ^b   Tamura, Yutaka ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; JAPAN; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84869825724     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.551     Document Type: Article

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