High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying the mecC gene in a semi-extensive red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) farm in Southern Spain

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 326-331

  Gómez, Paula ^a   Lozano, Carmen ^a   González Barrio, David ^b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Ruiz Fons, Francisco ^b   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

CC130; IEC; MecC; MRSA; Red deer; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; MALE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED DEER; SPAIN; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; DEER; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; DEER; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NASAL MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928824797     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.03.029     Document Type: Article

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