Molecular epidemiology of livestock-associated staphylococcus aureus in animal and human populations in Belgium
Staphylococcus aureus is a major opportunistic pathogen causing a wide range of infections in humans and animals. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has traditionally been regarded as a strictly human problem, initially confined to the healthcare settings and later a matter of concern in the general community too. All this changed in 2005 with the isolation of a specific MRSA clone, assigned to Clonal Complex (CC)398, from pigs and pig farmers in the Netherlands. These findings triggered worldwide investigation, showing the presence of this livestock-associated (LA)-MRSA clone in a variety... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doctoralThesis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles
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Schlagwörter: | Disciplines biomédicales diverses / Médecine pathologie humaine / Molecular biology / Staphylococcus aureus -- Belgium / Staphylococcus aureus infections -- Belgium / Biologie moléculaire / Staphylococcus aureus -- Belgique / Infections à Staphylococcus aureus -- Belgique / food-producing animals / community / healthcare / antimicrobial resistance |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26588686 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209576 |