Is the colonisation of Staphylococcus aureus in pets associated with their close contact with owners?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Bierowiec, Karolina ^a   Płoneczka Janeczko, Katarzyna ^a   Rypuła, Krzysztof ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FERAL CAT; GENOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PETS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84973364251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156052     Document Type: Article

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