title: Fecal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Australia.
abstract: To assess the rate of fecal vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colon ization in Austalia, we examined specimens from 1,085 healthy volunteers. VRE was cultured from 2(0.2%) of 1,085 specimens; both were vanB Enter ococcus faecium, identical by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, but with a pattern rare in Melbourne hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Padiglione
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Grabsch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hellard
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Fairley
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Grayson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance