Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococci in Small Animals

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-40

  Cain, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial therapy; Methicillin resistance; Multidrug resistance; Pyoderma; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MARBOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; ORMETOPRIM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PYODERMA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYODERMA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84870199805     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: 18781306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2012.09.003     Document Type: Review

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