Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in humans and animals in the Czech Republic between 2002 and 2004

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Authors	KOLÁŘ Milan PANTŮČEK Roman BARDOŇ Jan ČEKANOVÁ Luboslava KESSELOVÁ Michaela SAUER Pavel VÁGNEROVÁ Iva KOUKALOVÁ Dagmar
Year of publication	2005
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Medical Microbiology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
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Field	Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords	Vancomycin-resistant enterococci; community; humans; animals; Czech Republic
Description	In the period between September 2002 and May 2004, a total of 6023 rectal swabs from humans in the Czech Republic were evaluated and 821 Enterococcus spp. strains were isolated. Nine strains (1.1%) were identified as vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Two strains were VanA Enterococcus faecium, one strain was VanB Enterococcus faecalis and six strains were VanC Enterococcus casseliflavus. In total, 527 Enterococcus spp. strains were isolated from poultry breeds of which 11 (2.1%) were VRE. Most (54.5%) were identified as VanA E. faecium. Cluster analysis of SmaI-generated macrorestriction patterns showed high variability in both human and animal VRE strains and no relatedness between strains from the two sources.
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