Livestock-Associated Methicillin and Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is Present among Industrial, Not Antibiotic-Free Livestock Operation Workers in North Carolina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rinsky, Jessica L ^a   Nadimpalli, Maya ^b   Wing, Steve ^a   Hall, Devon ^c   Baron, Dothula ^c   Price, Lance B ^d   Larsen, Jesper ^e   Stegger, Marc ^e   Stewart, Jill ^b   Heaney, Christopher D ^f,g  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH)   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SCN GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NOSE; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879760941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067641     Document Type: Article

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