Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of multi-drug resistant Staphylococci in healthy cats and dogs

Journal of Veterinary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 449-456

  Gandolfi Decristophoris, Paola ^a,b,c   Regula, Gertraud ^d   Petrini, Orlando ^a   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b,c   Schelling, Esther ^b,c  

^a Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Coagulase negative; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation time of flight; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAGULASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COAGULASE-NEGATIVE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONISATION-TIME OF FLIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND;

ANTIBIOTICS; COAGULASE-NEGATIVE; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONISATION-TIME OF FLIGHT; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COAGULASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84893505800     PISSN: 1229845X     EISSN: 1976555X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2013.14.4.449     Document Type: Article

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