Prevalence and Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus in Connecticut Swine and Swine Farmers

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-243

  Osadebe, L U ^a   Hanson, B ^b   Smith, T C ^b   Heimer, R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Community associated MRSA; Emerging zoonosis; Livestock associated MRSA; Skin infection; Swine production

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REARING; SWINE; UNITED STATES; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84876162898     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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