title: First record of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Canadian wildlife.
abstract: In this study, we focused on spreading of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) to the environment. We studied that weather crows in Canada may be carriers and potentially reservoirs of VRE with vanA gene. We have found one multi-resistant isolate of Enterococcus faecium sequence type (ST) 448 with vanA gene on Prince Edward Island. This study is the first report of VRE in Canadian wildlife.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; CEITEC VFU, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Oravcova
authors.forename: Nicol
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janecko
authors.forename: Antonin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ansorge
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masarikova
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Literak
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D002170:Canada; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance