Livestock associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) and its relevance for humans in Germany

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 331-337

  Cuny, Christiane ^a   Köck, Robin ^b   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host adaptation; Livestock; MRSA; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COPPER; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PLEUROMUTILIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RETAPAMULIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATTLE; DOG; ENDOCARDITIS; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE CLUSTER; GERMANY; HORSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RANGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVESTOCK; MASTITIS; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY; RESERVOIR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SWINE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

HOST ADAPTATION; LIVESTOCK; MRSA; ZOONOTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880723381     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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