Occurrence of cfr-mediated multiresistance in staphylococci from veal calves and pigs, from humans at the corresponding farms, and from veterinarians and their family members

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-94

  Cuny, Christiane ^a   Arnold, Phillippe ^b   Hermes, Julia ^a   Eckmanns, Tim ^a   Mehraj, Jaishri ^c   Schoenfelder, Sonja ^d   Ziebuhr, Wilma ^d   Zhao, Qin ^e   Wang, Yang ^e   Feßler, Andrea T ^f   Krause, Gérard ^c,g   Schwarz, Stefan ^f   Witte, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Practice Arnold   (Luxembourg)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^g HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co selection; Horizontal gene transfer; Oxazolidinones; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CFR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; FLORFENICOL; THIAMPHENICOL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CALF (BOVINE); HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURICULARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; VEAL; VETERINARIAN; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FAMILY; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FAMILY; FARMS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; THIAMPHENICOL; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 85011697068     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.04.002     Document Type: Article

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