title: Detection of intrinsic vancomycin resistant enterococci in animal and human feces.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, USA. rice.gene@epa.gov
authors.forename: Eugene W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Boczek
authors.forename: Clifford H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Messer
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D017334:Teicoplanin