Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in rats

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-170

  Himsworth, Chelsea Gardner ^a,b   Patrick, David M ^a   Parsons, Kirbee ^a   Feng, Alice ^a   Weese, J Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERLOCOMBIN; BETA LACTAM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GRAM STAINING; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84871630588     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.120897     Document Type: Letter

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