2004
DOI: 10.1007/bf02980113
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Prevalence and characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in chicken intestines and humans of korea

Abstract: The prevalence, genotype for antibiotic resistance and antibiotic susceptibility of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) were determined. And molecular typings of the Enterococcus faecium isolates were analyzed. Prevalence of VRE in chickens, healthy children and intensive care unit (ICU) patients was 41.6%, 7.9%, and 20.4%, respectively. Forty out of 54 isolates from chicken intestines, and 9 out of 11 from ICU patients were identified as Enterococcus faecium. Eleven out of 13 isolates from non-hospitalized… Show more

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“…Clinical strains of MRSA and vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) provided by Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. and chicken intestinal strains of VRE provided by Wonkwang University Hospital, Korea (Seong et al, 2004) were used as target microorganisms for the test of antimicrobial activity of CS-682. In addition, some other bacterial strains were used as reference (Table V).…”
Section: Antimicrobial Activity Of Cs-682mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Clinical strains of MRSA and vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) provided by Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. and chicken intestinal strains of VRE provided by Wonkwang University Hospital, Korea (Seong et al, 2004) were used as target microorganisms for the test of antimicrobial activity of CS-682. In addition, some other bacterial strains were used as reference (Table V).…”
Section: Antimicrobial Activity Of Cs-682mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Korea, a VRE strain, Enterococcus durans was first isolated in 1992. Since then, the prevalence of VRE in hospitalized patients has been rising significantly (Kim et al, 1995;Seong et al, 2004). The conjugative transfer of high level vancomycin resistance from E. faecalis to S. aureus (Nobel et al, 1992) also supports the spreading of MRSA and VRE.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…A dendrogram was generated to examine relatedness of PFGE profiles for all study isolates. Similarity cutoff value of 75% was applied (Seong et al, 2004).…”
Section: Pfgementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Dunne and Wang [9] used rep-PCR with ERIC primers ERIC1R and ERIC2 to analyse relatedness of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium strains isolated from human clinical material in different hospitals. The BOX-PCR with the BOXA1R primer was applied for typing of E. faecium VanA phenotype strains to study horizontal transmission from poultry to humans via the food chain [11]. The BOX-PCR with the BOXA1R primer was applied for typing of E. faecium VanA phenotype strains to study horizontal transmission from poultry to humans via the food chain [11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, Bedendo and Pignatari [10] used REP-PCR with REP1R and REP2 primers for typing of E. faecium clinical strains. The BOX-PCR with the BOXA1R primer was applied for typing of E. faecium VanA phenotype strains to study horizontal transmission from poultry to humans via the food chain [11]. Malathum et al [12] used the BOX-PCR and REP-PCR for typing of E. faecalis strains.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%