Journal article
Porcine-Origin Gentamicin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Humans, Denmark
During 2001-2002, high-level gentamicin-resistant (HLGR) Enterococcus faecalis isolates were detected in 2 patients in Denmark who had infective endocarditis and in pigs and pork. Our results demonstrate that these isolates belong to the same clonal group, which suggests that pigs are a source of HLGR E. faecalis infection in humans.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Year: | 2010 |
Pages: | 682-684 |
ISSN: | 10806059 and 10806040 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid1604.090500 |
ORCIDs: | Jensen, Lars Bogø |
Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents Denmark Disease Reservoirs Drug Resistance, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Endocarditis, Bacterial Enterococcus faecalis Gentamicins Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Infectious and parasitic diseases Keywords: Enterococcus faecalis MLST Medicine PFGE R RC109-216 Swine bacteria dispatch high-level gentamicin resistance infective endocarditis molecular typing pigs zoonoses