High Incidence of Multiple-Drug-Resistant Pheromone-Responsive Plasmids and Transmissions of VanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> between Livestock and Humans in Taiwan

High Incidence of Multiple-Drug-Resistant Pheromone-Responsive Plasmids and Transmissions of VanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> between Livestock and Humans in Taiwan

A total of seventy VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolates obtained in Taiwan in the early 2000s were retrospectively characterized. Forty isolates were obtained from human patients and thirty from livestock. Of these VRE isolates, twenty-three (57.5%) of the human VRE and thirty (...

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Main Authors: Haruyoshi Tomita, Jang-Jih Lu, Yasuyoshi Ike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
VRE
VanA
<i>E. faecalis</i>
pheromone-responsive plasmid
Taiwan
livestock
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/12/1668

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