Staphylococcus aureus carrying mecc gene in animals and Urban Wastewater, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 899-901

  Concepcion Porrero M ^a   Valverde, Aránzazu ^a   Fernández Llario, Pedro ^b,e   Díez Guerrier, Alberto ^a   Mateos, Ana ^a   Lavín, Santiago ^c   Cantón, Rafael ^d   Fernández Garayzabal, José Francisco ^a   Domínguez, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e Innovación en Gestión y Conservación de Ungulados S L INGULADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TIAMULIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; WASTE WATER;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BROTH DILUTION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MECC GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASTE WATER; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; GENETICS; HEALTH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; URBAN HEALTH; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84898868487     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2005.130426     Document Type: Letter

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