Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying the mecC gene in wild small mammals in Spain

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2061-2064

  Gómez, Paula ^a   González Barrio, David ^b   Benito, Daniel ^a   Garciá, Jesús T ^b   Viñuela, Javier ^b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^b   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

CC30; Clonal complex 30; Sequence type 1945; ST1945; Wood mouse

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLAZ GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; IMMUNE EVASION; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SMALL MAMMAL; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DORMOUSE; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; SHREW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYOXIDAE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; SHREWS; SPAIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84904564490     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku100     Document Type: Article

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