Alarming proportions of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in wound samples from companion animals, Germany 2010-2012

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vincze, Szilvia ^a   Stamm, Ivonne ^b   Kopp, Peter A ^b   Hermes, Julia ^c   Adlhoch, Cornelia ^c   Semmler, Torsten ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a   Walther, Birgit ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MARBOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE DISEASE; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPA GENE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAT; DOG; EQUIDAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; HORSE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; FELIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; GERMANY; HORSES; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PETS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84899727758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085656     Document Type: Article

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