First detection of livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus CC398 in bulk tank milk in the United Kingdom, January to July 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 50, 2012, Pages

  Paterson, G K ^a   Larsen, J ^b   Harrison, E M ^a   Larsen, A R ^b   Morgan, F J ^a   Peacock, S J ^c,d   Parkhill, J ^d   Zadoks, R N ^e   Holmes, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TANK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871507033     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.50.20337-en     Document Type: Article

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