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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
Enterococci for which the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of vancomycin was >/=8 mg/l were isolated from meat, feces, and raw milk samples collected in Korea from March to November 2003. Among the 243 vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) that were identified the vanA vancomycin resistance gene was carried by 51 Enterococcus faecium and one Enterococcus sp., vanC1 was carried by 151 Enterococcus gallinarum, vanC2 was carried by 39 Enterococcus casseliflavus, and one Enterococcus sp. carried no van genes. Of the isolated enterococci carrying vanA, 4% were found to be highly resistant to gentamicin and 11% were resistant to ampicillin. Further genotyping of the E. faecium isolates carrying vanA using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) revealed extensive heterogeneity. The vancomycin resistance transferability test revealed that only two of the 52 enterococci carrying the vanA gene were able to transfer vancomycin resistance to other enterococci. The VRE were recovered from various animal sources with a particularly high prevalence of E. faecium carrying the vanA gene being found in poultry meat.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0168-1605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
102-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Carbon-Oxygen Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Consumer Product Safety, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Enterococcus, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Korea, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Meat, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Milk, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:17010464-Vancomycin Resistance
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from animal sources in Korea.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't