Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hens in the central region of Moravia [Czech Republic]
2000
Kolar, M. | Vagnerova, I. | Hajek, V. | Kohnova, I. | Typovska, H. (Palackeho Univ., Olomouc (Czech Republic). Lekarska Fakulta) | Bardon, J. | Bzdil, J.
Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in animals in the central part of Moravia is described. It is the first finding of VRE in animals in the Czech Republic. A total number of 109 strains of the genus Enterococcus were isolated from various biological material of different animal species (561 samples) in the period of January to April 1999. One Enterococcus faecium strain isolated from hens was found to be resistant to vancomycin. On the basis of this result targeted monitoring of poultry breeding was performed and 112 smears from the cloaca and 8 from pathological material taken during routine autopsies were investigated. From these 120 specimens, 48 strains of Enterococcus sp. were obtained and three of them were identified as vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
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