Carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococci by healthy companion animals in the US

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Davis, J A ^a,e   Jackson, C R ^a   Fedorka Cray, P J ^a   Barrett, J B ^a   Brousse, J H ^b   Gustafson, J ^c   Kucher, M ^d  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Classic City Cat and Dog Clinic   (United States)

^c Hope Animal Medical Center   (United States)

^d Good Hands Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^e PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cats; Dogs; Staphylococcus; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAT; DOG; METHICILLIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESISTANCE GENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS;

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CANID; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FELID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOUTH CAVITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PET ANIMAL; RECTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY CLINIC;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; CATS; DOGS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OXACILLIN; PETS;

EID: 84902327479     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12254     Document Type: Article

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