The ecological importance of the Staphylococcus sciuri species group as a reservoir for resistance and virulence genes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 342-356

  Nemeghaire, Stéphanie ^a,d   Argudín, M Angeles ^a   Feßler, Andrea T ^b   Hauschild, Tomasz ^c   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Butaye, Patrick ^a,d  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology; Phylogeny; Population structure; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMINOCYCLITOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FUSIDIC ACID; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; COMMENSALISM; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS FLEURETTI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS STEPANOVICII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS FLEURETTII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VITULINUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84901913835     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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