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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2008 62(4):844-845; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn271
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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates from a Danish patient and two healthy human volunteers are possibly related to isolates from imported turkey meat

Yvonne Agersø1,*, Camilla H. Lester2, Lone J. Porsbo1, Iben Ørsted3, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg1, Katharina E. P. Olsen2, Lars B. Jensen1, Ole E. Heuer1, Niels Frimodt-Møller2, Frank M. Aarestrup1 and Anette M. Hammerum2

1 National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

* Corresponding author. Tel: +45-72-34-62-73; Fax: +45-72-34-60-01; E-mail: yvoa@food.dtu.dk

Keywords: vanA , food animals , PFGE , MLST

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The occurrence of vanA-positive Enterococcus faecium in food animals and meat has been associated with the use of the glycopeptide avoparcin for growth promotion.1 vanA is relatively common in E. faecium isolates from meat and animals, whereas this resistance trait is rarely found in Enterococcus faecalis. Most vanA-positive E. faecalis have been isolated from hospitalized patients. vanA-positive E. faecalis with relation to meat or animals were found to be associated with poultry production in Asia and New Zealand.2,3

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