Evaluation of Non-Invasive Biological Samples to Monitor Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Great Apes and Lemurs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Schaumburg, Frieder ^a   Mugisha, Lawrence ^b,c   Kappeller, Peter ^d   Fichtel, Claudia ^d   Köck, Robin ^a   Köndgen, Sophie ^e   Becker, Karsten ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^f   Peters, Georg ^a   Leendertz, Fabian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Ecohealth Research Group   (Uganda)

^d GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHIMPANZEE; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; GENOTYPE; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MONITORING; MUCOSA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; FECES; GENOTYPE; LEMUR; PAN TROGLODYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84886910839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078046     Document Type: Article

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