TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular analysis of human, porcine, and poultry Enterococcus faecium isolates and their erm(B) genes
AU - De Leener, E.
AU - Martel, A.
AU - De Graef, E. M.
AU - Top, J.
AU - Butaye, P.
AU - Haesebrouck, F.
AU - Willems, R.
AU - Decostere, A.
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PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Fifty-nine erm(B)-positive Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from pigs, broilers, and humans were typed using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and the coding sequence of the erm(B) gene was determined. Identical erm(B) gene sequences were detected in genetically unrelated isolates. Furthermore, genetically indistinguishable strains were found to contain different erm(B) alleles. This may suggest that horizontal exchange of the erm(B) gene between animal and human E. faecium strains or the existence of a common reservoir of erm(B) genes might be more important than direct transmission of resistant strains. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
AB - Fifty-nine erm(B)-positive Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from pigs, broilers, and humans were typed using multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and the coding sequence of the erm(B) gene was determined. Identical erm(B) gene sequences were detected in genetically unrelated isolates. Furthermore, genetically indistinguishable strains were found to contain different erm(B) alleles. This may suggest that horizontal exchange of the erm(B) gene between animal and human E. faecium strains or the existence of a common reservoir of erm(B) genes might be more important than direct transmission of resistant strains. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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U2 - 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2766-2770.2005
DO - 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2766-2770.2005
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 15870371
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 71
SP - 2766
EP - 2770
JO - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
JF - Applied and Environmental Microbiology
IS - 5
ER -