The impact of zoonotic MRSA colonization and infection in Germany;MRSA als Erreger von Zoonosen in Deutschland

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 384-398

  Köck, Robin ^a   Ballhausen, Britta ^a   Bischoff, Markus ^b   Cuny, Christiane ^c   Eckmanns, Tim ^c   Fetsch, Alexandra ^d   Harmsen, Dag ^a   Goerge, Tobias ^a   Oberheitmann, Boris ^e   Schwarz, Stefan ^f   Selhorst, Thomas ^d   Tenhagen, Bernd Alois ^d   Walther, Birgit ^g   Witte, Wolfgang ^c   Ziebuhr, Wilma ^h   Becker, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e Q Bioanalytic GmbH   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

MedVet Staph; MRSA; S. aureus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CAT; DOG; FOOD CONTROL; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOTE; HORSE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATS; DOGS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; HORSES; HUMANS; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84920720151     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-127-384     Document Type: Article

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