Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
First record of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Canadian wildlife.
- Journal:
- Environmental microbiology reports
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Oravcova, Veronika et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases
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.
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