Antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolated from veterinary clinical cases in the UK

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 55-57

  Maluping, R P ^a   Paul, N C ^b   Moodley, A ^c  

^a CTDS Veterinary Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dogs; Drug resistance, microbial; SCCmec type

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MARBOFLOXACIN; PRADOFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GREAT BRITAIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84906540457     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2014.11669965     Document Type: Article

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