A longitudinal study of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in pigs in Ireland

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 504-513

  Burns, A ^a   Shore, A C ^b,c   Brennan, G I ^c   Coleman, D C ^b   Egan, J ^d   Fanning, S ^a   Galligan, M C ^a   Gibbons, J F ^a   Gutierrez, M ^d   Malhotra Kumar, S ^e   Markey, B K ^a   Sabirova, J S ^e   Wang, J ^a   Leonard, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance Food Feed and Animal Health   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colonization; Longitudinal study; Pigs; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PIGLET; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE DISEASES; VAGINA; VETERINARY; WEANING;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VAGINA; WEANING;

EID: 84923943510     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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