Detection of mecC-Positive Staphylococcus aureus (CC130-MRSA-XI) in Diseased European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Monecke, Stefan ^a,b   Gavier Widen, Dolores ^c,d   Mattsson, Roland ^c   Rangstrup Christensen, Lena ^c   Lazaris, Alexandros ^e   Coleman, David C ^e   Shore, Anna C ^e,f   Ehricht, Ralf ^a  

^a Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEDGEHOG; LUKF P83 GENE; LUKF PV GENE; LUKM GENE; LUKS PV GENE; MECC GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FATAL OUTCOME; HEDGEHOGS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

EID: 84878944616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066166     Document Type: Article

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