Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying mecA or mecC in dairy cattle

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 364-367

  van Duijkeren, E ^a   Hengeveld, P D ^a   Albers, M ^a   Pluister, G ^a   Jacobs, P ^b   Heres, L ^c   van de Giessen, A W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority   (Netherlands)

^c Vion Food Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; mecA; mecC; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA FRAGMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BROILER; DAIRY CATTLE; GENE; HINDLIMB; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901918329     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.12.024     Document Type: Article

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