title: Combined antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus faecium isolated from chickens.
abstract: Nineteen E. faecium strains isolated from chicken caecum samples, collected in slaughterhouses and highly resistant to vancomycin or gentamicin, were coresistant to erythromycin, and/or tetracyclines, and/or streptogramins, and/or avilamycin. Multiple antibiotic resistance was related to the presence in various combinations of aac(6')-aph(2"), erm(B), emtA, mef(A), tet(L), tet(M), and vanA genes.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Caen, Service de Microbiologie, Avenue Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Petsaris
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miszczak
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gicquel-Bruneau
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perrin-Guyomard
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Humbert
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leclercq
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance