Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius detected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring programme 2004-2006 in Germany | Zendy

Štefan Schwarz | Zendy; Kristina Kadlec | Zendy; Birgit Strommenger | Zendy

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius detected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring programme 2004-2006 in Germany

Author(s) -

Štefan Schwarz,

Kristina Kadlec,

Birgit Strommenger

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm487

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus pseudintermedius , staphylococcus aureus , tetracycline , biology , multilocus sequence typing , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , sccmec , antibiotic resistance , gentamicin , staphylococcus , meticillin , genotype , antibiotics , gene , genetics , bacteria

During recent years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from animals have become the focus of various studies. In the present study, coagulase-positive staphylococci obtained from pigs, dogs and cats suffering from acute infections, which had been collected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring programme in Germany and phenotypically identified as oxacillin-resistant, were characterized.

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