Excretion of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by wild mammals.
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.
Mallon
David J P
DJ
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Corkill
John E
JE
Hazel
Sarah M
SM
Wilson
J Sian
JS
French
Nigel P
NP
Bennett
Malcolm
M
Hart
C Anthony
CA
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial