Clonal transmission of a rare methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotype between horses and staff at a veterinary teaching hospital

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 907-911

  Schwaber, Mitchell J ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a   Masarwa, Samira ^a   Tirosh Levy, Sharon ^b   Adler, Amos ^a   Chmelnitsky, Inna ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a   Klement, Eyal ^b   Steinman, Amir ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Equine; Infection control; Intervention; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Outbreak; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; DISINFECTION; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84872491400     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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