Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 from livestock veterinarians to their household members

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Verkade, Erwin ^a,b   Kluytmans van Den Bergh, Marjolein ^a   Van Benthem, Birgit ^c   Van Cleef, Brigitte ^a,b,c   Van Rijen, Miranda ^a   Bosch, Thijs ^c   Schouls, Leo ^c   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b,d  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

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

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VETERINARIAN; ANIMAL; FAMILY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 84904863145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100823     Document Type: Article

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