Article
Staphylococcus aureus isolates from dairy cows and humans on a farm differ in coagulase genotype.
Veterinary microbiology - 29 Apr 2003
Schlegelová J, Dendis M, Benedík J, Babák V, Rysánek D
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent cause of animal and human infections. The aim of the present study was to test diversity of the populations of S. aureus colonising cattle and humans sharing an infected environment. Eighty-six S. aureus isolates obtained from dairy cows, from people coming into contact with dairy cows on the farm and the other farm personnel were characterized by restriction fragment length...
Topics
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Cattle
- Coagulase
- DNA, Bacterial
- Dairying
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Mastitis, Bovine
- Milk
- Nasal Mucosa
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
