Enterococci with acquired vancomycin resistance in pigs and chickens of different age groups

P Butaye; L A Devriese; H Goossens; M Ieven; F Haesebrouck

doi:10.1128/AAC.43.2.365

Enterococci with acquired vancomycin resistance in pigs and chickens of different age groups

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Feb;43(2):365-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.2.365.

Authors

P Butaye¹, L A Devriese, H Goossens, M Ieven, F Haesebrouck

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium. [email protected]

Abstract

Results of isolation of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from fecal samples of pigs and chickens were found to differ strongly depending upon the type and age of animals and isolation technique (direct selective plate or broth enrichment). Isolations were frequent in broiler chickens and in sows but rare in layer chickens.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aging
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Chickens
Drug Resistance, Microbial / physiology
Enterococcus / drug effects*
Enterococcus / isolation & purification
Feces / microbiology
Swine
Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin