Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from faeces of healthy neonates and potential mother-to-infant microbial transmission through breastfeeding

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Benito, Daniel ^a   Lozano, Carmen ^a   Jiménez, Esther ^b   Albújar, Mar ^c   Gómez, Adolfo ^c   Rodríguez, Juan M ^b,d   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b SL Research Laboratories   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding staphylococcus aureus transmission; Methicillin resistant; Neonate faecal carriage

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BREASTFEEDING; DETECTION METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MILK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEONATE; PATHOGEN; TRACKING; VIRULENCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADHESIN; ADHESIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; METICILLIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST FEEDING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK, HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 84942306907     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv007     Document Type: Article

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