Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring mecC in livestock in Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4067-4069

  Ariza Miguel, Jaime ^a   Hernández, Marta ^a   Fernández Natal, Isabel ^b,c   Rodríguez Lázaro, David ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL EVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MECA GENE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK PRODUCTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84908324570     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01815-14     Document Type: Article

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