Epidemiological Link Between Wastewater and Human Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates

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作者：
Malihe Talebi
Fateh Rahimi
Mohammad Katouli
Roland Möllby
Mohammad R. Pourshafie
机构：
[1] Pasteur Institute of Iran,Department of Microbiology
[2] University of the Sunshine Coast,Faculty of Science, Health and Education
[3] Karolinska Institutet,Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology Centre
来源：
Current Microbiology | 2008年 / 56卷
关键词：
Vancomycin; Teicoplanin; Sarcosine; Sewage Sample; PFGE Pattern;
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We investigated the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from wastewater (n = 593) and clinical (n = 450) samples, and the genetic linkage between the isolates was compared. Out of the total samples, 38 Enterococcusfaecium (3.6%) from sewage (n = 19) and clinical (n = 19) isolates were found to be highly resistant to vancomycin. The majority of the VRE isolates from the two sources showed distinct phenotyping and genotyping patterns. At the same time, one common pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern was found among the VRE obtained from wastewater and human clinical isolates, suggestive of an epidemiological link.
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