title: Enterococcus faecium of the vanA genotype in rural drinking water, effluent, and the aqueous environment.
abstract: Total enterococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were enumerated in samples of effluent (n = 50) and water (n = 167) from a number of sources. VRE were detected in the outflow of a wastewater treatment plant and in a single rural drinking water supply, suggesting potential for transmission to humans through environmental contamination.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. dearbhaile.morris@nuigalway.ie
authors.forename: Dearbháile
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galvin
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulligan
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cormican
mesh_terms: D058491:Bacterial Load; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005838:Genotype; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D012424:Rural Population; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases
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