Sequence type 398 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a pet rabbit

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Loncaric, Igor ^a   Künzel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PET ANIMAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PETS; RABBITS; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84877925118     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vde.12023     Document Type: Article

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