Risk factors for MRSA infection in companion animals: Results from a case-control study within Germany

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 787-793

  Vincze, Szilvia ^a   Brandenburg, Anja G ^b   Espelage, Werner ^c   Stamm, Ivonne ^b   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Kopp, Peter A ^b   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a   Walther, Birgit ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Companion animals; Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA); Risk factors; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HORSE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORSE DISEASES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PET ANIMAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PETS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 84927690872     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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