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Isolation of vancomycin‐resistant enterococci from pigs in Japan
Author(s) -
SAKAI Yuri,
TSUKAHARA Takamitsu,
USHIDA Kazunari
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
animal science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.606
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1740-0929
pISSN - 1344-3941
DOI - 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00147.x
Subject(s) - vancomycin resistant enterococci , enterococcus faecium , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus , vancomycin , isolation (microbiology) , feces , antibiotics , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , biology , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics
Forty vancomycin‐resistant enterococci (VRE) were isolated from feces of pigs in one pig farm. Two strains were further elucidated and these were biochemically identified as Enterococcus faecium possessing the vanB gene. These isolates showed high resistance to vancomycin and nine other antibiotics. This is the first report of VRE contamination in pigs in Japan.