What is the origin of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 398 isolates from humans without livestock contact? An epidemiological and genetic analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1836-1841

  Lekkerkerk, W S N ^a,b   Van Wamel, W J B ^a   Snijders, S V ^a   Willems, R J ^c   Van Duijkeren, E ^b   Broens, E M ^d   Wagenaar, J A ^d,e   Lindsay, J A ^f   Vos, M C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALF (MAMMAL); CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORSE; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BOVINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; COHORT STUDIES; HORSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE;

EID: 84929379739     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02702-14     Document Type: Article

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