Author's response: Critique of paper on ‘Effects of tetracycline and zinc on selection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type 398 in pigs’

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 401-402

  Moodley, Arshnee ^a   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose ^b   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; ZINC OXIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ZINC;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PIG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; SWINE DISEASES; TETRACYCLINE; ZINC;

EID: 84929049773     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.09.023     Document Type: Letter

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