Detection of intrinsic vancomycin resistant enterococci in animal and human feces.
Fecal samples from animal species and humans were analyzed by quantitative culture for enterococci and vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE). Each host species carried enterococci which exhibited intrinsic intermediate resistance to vancomycin and sensitivity to teicoplanin (Van C phenotype). The carriage rate in humans was 9%. Carriage rates varied among animal species with the highest percentages being found in deer, duck, goose, horse and turkey.
Rice
Eugene W
EW
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, USA. rice.gene@epa.gov
Boczek
Laura A
LA
Johnson
Clifford H
CH
Messer
James W
JW
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004285:Dogs; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012756:Sheep; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014422:Turkeys; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D017334:Teicoplanin