title: Excretion of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by wild mammals.
abstract: A survey of fecal samples found enterococcal excretion in 82% of 388 bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), 92% of 131 woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), and 75% of 165 badgers (Meles meles). Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, all Enterococcus faecium of vanA genotype, were excreted by 4.6% of the woodmice and 1.2% of the badgers, but by none of the bank voles.
authors.affiliation: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: David J P
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mallon
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Corkill
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hazel
authors.forename: J Sian
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Nigel P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: C Anthony
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D002353:Carrier State; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000662:veterinary; D004739:England; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial