Host-specificity of Staphylococcus aureus causing intramammary infections in dairy animals assessed by genotyping and virulence genes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 143-154

  Bar Gal, G Kahila ^b   Blum, S E ^a   Hadas, L ^b   Ehricht, R ^c   Monecke, S ^c,d   Leitner, G ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy animals; Genotyping; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLFA GENE; COA GENE; COW; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GOAT; HOST RANGE; ISRAEL; ITALY; LUKF GENE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; NUC GENE; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SHEEP DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOST SPECIFICITY; ISRAEL; ITALY; MASTITIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84922773749     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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