Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pigs and Farm Workers on Conventional and Antibiotic-Free Swine Farms in the USA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Tara C ^a   Gebreyes, Wondwossen A ^b   Abley, Melanie J ^b   Harper, Abby L ^a   Forshey, Brett M ^a   Male, Michael J ^a   Martin, H Wayne ^c   Molla, Bayleyegn Z ^b   Sreevatsan, Srinand ^c   Thakur, Siddhartha ^d   Thiruvengadam, Madhumathi ^c   Davies, Peter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC FREE SWINE FARM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MALE; MASK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

EID: 84877157056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063704     Document Type: Article

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