Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolated from companion animals and environment in the veterinary teaching hospital in Zambia, Africa

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-130

  Youn, Jung Ho ^a   Park, Yong Ho ^b   Hang'ombe, Bernard ^c   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimicrobial resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus pseudintermedius; Veterinary hospital

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; DISK DIFFUSION; DOG; ENVIRONMENT; FARM ANIMAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VETERINARY CLINIC; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

AFRICA; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; VETERINARY HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLINS; PETS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84896727057     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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