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Detection of CC17 Enterococcus faecium in Dogs and a Comparison with Human Isolates
Author(s) -
Kwon K. H.,
Moon B. Y.,
Hwang S. Y.,
Park Y. H.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01466.x
Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , virulence , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , antibiotic resistance , enterococcus , lineage (genetic) , antibiotics , genotype , genetics , gene
Summary Enterococcus faecium strains of clonal complex (CC) 17 were isolated from domestic dogs. The strains were more prevalent in infectious isolates than in colonized isolates, suggesting that strains of the CC17 lineage may have an advantage in causing infections in dogs. The pulsed field gel electrophoresis patterns of some dog and human isolates were over 90% similar. However, antimicrobial resistance patterns and virulence factors were not identical, which might reflect different use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine or in host specificity.