A USA300 variant and other human-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains infecting cats and dogs in France
Author(s) -
Marisa Haenni,
Estelle Saras,
Pierre Châtre,
Christine Médaille,
Michèle Bes,
Jean-Yves Madec,
Frédéric Laurent
Publication year - 2011
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/dkr499
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , clone (java method) , staphylococcal infections , antibiotic resistance , virulence , typing , veterinary medicine , virology , medicine , genotype , antibiotics , gene , genetics , bacteria
To characterize methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical strains from cats and dogs in France, and to compare the clones identified with the distribution of French human MRSA.
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