| Literature DB >> 15870371 |
E De Leener1, A Martel, E M De Graef, J Top, P Butaye, F Haesebrouck, R Willems, A Decostere.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15870371 PMCID: PMC1087536 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2766-2770.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792