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Identification and methicillin resistance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from nasal cavity of healthy horses.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Jun 2012
Karakulska Jolanta, Fijałkowski Karol, Nawrotek Paweł, Pobucewicz Anna, Poszumski Filip, Czernomysy-Furowicz Danuta
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The aim of this study was an analysis of the staphylococcal flora of the nasal cavity of 42 healthy horses from 4 farms, along with species identification of CoNS isolates and determination of resistance to 18 antimicrobial agents, particularly phenotypic and genotypic methicillin resistance. From the 81 swabs, 87 staphylococci were isolated. All isolates possessed the gap gene but the coa gene was not detected...
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