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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus spp. Isolated from Wastewater and Chicken Feces in the United States |
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| Authors: | Valerie J Harwood Miriam Brownell William Perusek and John E Whitlock |
| Abstract: | Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. (VRE) were isolated from sewage and chicken feces but not from other animal fecal sources (dog, cow, and pig) or from surface waters tested. VRE from hospital wastewater were resistant to ≥20 μg of vancomycin/ml and possessed the vanA gene. VRE from residential wastewater and chicken feces were resistant to 3 to 5 μg of vancomycin/ml and possessed the vanC gene. |
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