Anatomical patterns of colonization of pets with staphylococcal species in homes of people with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin or soft tissue infection (SSTI)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 202-208

  Iverson, S A ^a   Brazil, A M ^a   Ferguson, J M ^a   Nelson, K ^a   Lautenbach, E ^b   Rankin, S C ^c   Morris, D O ^c   Davis, M F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carriage; One health; Pets; Sampling; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FISH; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REPTILE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; ANIMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; REPTILIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATS; DOGS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 84922770343     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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