Incidence and Characterisation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Nasal Colonisation in Participants Attending a Cattle Veterinary Conference in the UK

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Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Paterson, Gavin K ^a   Harrison, Ewan M ^a   Craven, Emily F ^a   Petersen, Andreas ^b   Larsen, Anders Rhod ^b   Ellington, Matthew J ^c   Török, M Estée ^c,d,e   Peacock, Sharon J ^c,d,e,f   Parkhill, Julian ^f   Zadoks, Ruth N ^g   Holmes, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84880267107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068463     Document Type: Article

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