2012-04-18Zeitschriftenartikel
Sharing more than friendship--nasal colonization with coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) and co-habitation aspects of dogs and their owners.
Walther, Birgit; Hermes, Julia; Cuny, Christiane; Wieler, Lothar H.; Vincze, Szilvia; Elnaga, Yassmin Abou; Stamm, Ivonne; Kopp, Peter A.; Kohn, Barbara; Witte, Wolfgang; Jansen, Andreas; Conraths, Franz J.; Semmler, Torsten; Eckmanns, Tim; Lübke-Becker, Antina
Background: Since the relationship between dogs and their owners has changed, and dogs moved from being working dogs to family members in post-industrial countries, we hypothesized that zoonotic transmission of opportunistic ...