First record of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Canadian wildlife

Veronika Oravcova; Nicol Janecko; Antonin Ansorge; Martina Masarikova; Ivan Literak

doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12141

First record of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Canadian wildlife

Environ Microbiol Rep. 2014 Jun;6(3):210-1. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12141.

Authors

Veronika Oravcova¹, Nicol Janecko, Antonin Ansorge, Martina Masarikova, Ivan Literak

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic; CEITEC VFU, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.

PMID: 24983525
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12141

Abstract

In this study, we focused on spreading of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) to the environment. We studied that weather crows in Canada may be carriers and potentially reservoirs of VRE with vanA gene. We have found one multi-resistant isolate of Enterococcus faecium sequence type (ST) 448 with vanA gene on Prince Edward Island. This study is the first report of VRE in Canadian wildlife.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
Animal Diseases / microbiology*
Animals
Animals, Wild / microbiology*
Canada
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / veterinary*
Vancomycin Resistance*