Evidence of possible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 spread between pigs and other animals and people residing on the same farm

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 293-303

  Pletinckx, Larissa J ^a,b   Verhegghe, Marijke ^c,d   Crombé, Florence ^d,e   Dewulf, Jeroen ^d   De Bleecker, Yves ^a   Rasschaert, Geertrui ^c   Butaye, Patrick ^d,e   Goddeeris, Bruno M ^b   De Man, Ingrid ^a  

^a Catholic University College South West Flanders KATHO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Broilers; Cattle; Companion animals; Pigs; Transmission routes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUS; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84875384122     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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