Clonally Related Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Short-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), Human Volunteers, and a Bayfront Cetacean Rehabilitation Facility

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1024-1038

  Hower, Suzanne ^a   Phillips, Matthew C ^a,g   Brodsky, Micah ^b   Dameron, Adrienne ^a   Tamargo, Manuel A ^a   Salazar, Norma C ^a   Jackson, Charlene R ^c   Barrett, John B ^c   Davidson, Maureen ^d   Davis, Johnnie ^d   Mukherjee, Sampa ^d   Ewing, Ruth Y ^e   Gidley, Maribeth L ^f,g   Sinigalliano, Christopher D ^f,g   Johns, Lisa ^f   Johnson III, Frank E ^f   Adebanjo, Olufunmilola ^f   Plano, Lisa R W ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VMD Consulting   (United States)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FIN WHALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CETACEA; FIN WHALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MACRORHYNCHUS; MAMMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876891782     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0178-3     Document Type: Article

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