First reporting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in an industrial rabbit holding and in farm-related people

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 172-177

  Agnoletti, Fabrizio ^a   Mazzolini, Elena ^a   Bacchin, Cosetta ^a   Bano, Luca ^a   Berto, Giacomo ^a   Rigoli, Roberto ^b   Muffato, Giovanna ^b   Coato, Paola ^b   Tonon, Elena ^a   Drigo, Ilenia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food producing animal; Livestock associated MRSA; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Rabbit; ST398; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ITALY; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

FOOD PRODUCING ANIMAL; LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATED MRSA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA); RABBIT; ST398; ZOONOSES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84896101030     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.01.035     Document Type: Article

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