Excretion of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by wild mammals

A survey of fecal samples found enterococcal excretion in 82% of 388 bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), 92% of 131 woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), and 75% of 165 badgers (Meles meles). Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, all Enterococcus faecium of vanA genotype, were excreted by 4.6% of the woodmi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2002-06, Vol.8 (6), p.636-638
Hauptverfasser:	Mallon, David J P, Corkill, John E, Hazel, Sarah M, Wilson, J Sian, French, Nigel P, Bennett, Malcolm, Hart, C Anthony
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Arvicolinae - microbiology Carnivora - microbiology Carrier State Communicable diseases Disease Reservoirs Dispatch DNA, Bacterial - chemistry DNA, Bacterial - genetics Drug resistance in microorganisms Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field - veterinary England Enterococci Enterococcus Enterococcus - drug effects Enterococcus - genetics Enterococcus - isolation & purification excretion Feces - microbiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - veterinary Muridae - microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary United Kingdom Vancomycin Resistance wild mammals
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Zusammenfassung:	A survey of fecal samples found enterococcal excretion in 82% of 388 bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), 92% of 131 woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), and 75% of 165 badgers (Meles meles). Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, all Enterococcus faecium of vanA genotype, were excreted by 4.6% of the woodmice and 1.2% of the badgers, but by none of the bank voles.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0806.010247