Occurrence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in turkey and broiler barns and contamination of air and soil surfaces in their vicinity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2759-2766

  Friese, A ^a   Schulz, J ^b   Zimmermann, K ^a   Tenhagen, B A ^c   Fetsch, A ^c   Hartung, J ^b   Rosler U ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROUND SURFACES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POULTRY FARMS; PUBLIC INTEREST; RESISTANT BACTERIA; SOIL SURFACES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FARM BUILDINGS;

BARS (METAL);

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POULTRY; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TURKEYS;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876173455     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03939-12     Document Type: Article

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