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J Med Microbiol 54 (2005), 965-967; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45824-0
© 2005 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in humans and animals in the Czech Republic between 2002 and 2004

Milan Kolar1, Roman Pantucek2, Jan Bardon3, Luboslava Cekanova4, Michaela Kesselova1, Pavel Sauer1, Iva Vagnerova1 and Dagmar Koukalová1

1Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, 775 15, Olomouc, Czech Republic 2Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 3National Veterinary Institute, Olomouc, Czech Republic 4Mikrochem s.r.o., Olomouc, Czech Republic

Correspondence Milan Kolar kolar{at}fnol.cz

Received July 17, 2004
Accepted June 16, 2005

In the period between September 2002 and May 2004, a total of 6023 rectal swabs from humans in the Czech Republic were evaluated and 821 Enterococcus spp. strains were isolated. Nine strains (1.1 %) were identified as vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Two strains were VanA Enterococcus faecium, one strain was VanB Enterococcus faecalis and six strains were VanC Enterococcus casseliflavus. In total, 527 Enterococcus spp. strains were isolated from poultry breeds of which 11 (2.1 %) were VRE. Most (54.5 %) were identified as VanA E. faecium. Cluster analysis of SmaI-generated macrorestriction patterns showed high variability in both human and animal VRE strains and no relatedness between strains from the two sources.

Abbreviation: VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci.






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