Fecal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Australia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Sep-Oct;6(5):534-6. doi: 10.3201/eid0605.000514.

Abstract

To assess the rate of fecal vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colon ization in Austalia, we examined specimens from 1,085 healthy volunteers. VRE was cultured from 2(0.2%) of 1,085 specimens; both were vanB Enter ococcus faecium, identical by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, but with a pattern rare in Melbourne hospitals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Australia
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Vancomycin Resistance*