Prevalence of colonization and antimicrobial resistance among coagulase positive staphylococci in dogs, and the relatedness of canine and human Staphylococcus aureus

Coagulase positive staphylococci, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, are important causes of infection in human beings and dogs respectively. The rapid increase in the incidence of methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in people and its emergence in dogs has raised the profi...

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Main Author: Rubin, Joseph Elliot
Other Authors: Sanche, Stephen
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2011
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-06242011-104449/