Identification and characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from austrian companion animals and horses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 381-387

  Loncaric, Igor ^a   Künzel, Frank ^a   Licka, Theresia ^a   Simhofer, Hubert ^a   Spergser, Joachim ^a   Rosengarten, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Horses; Molecular typing; MRSA; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; DONKEY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HORSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SHOCK; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; IVA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POPULUS ALBA;

COMPANION ANIMALS; HORSES; MOLECULAR TYPING; MRSA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; EXOTOXINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PETS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 84892525850     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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