Resident cats in small animal veterinary hospitals carry multi-drug resistant enterococci and are likely involved in cross-contamination of the hospital environment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Ghosh, Anuradha ^a   KuKanich, Kate ^a   Brown, Caitlin E ^a   Zurek, Ludek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Clonal diversity; Enterococcus; Resident cats; Small animal veterinary hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870701145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00062     Document Type: Article

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