Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2010)

Porcine-Origin Gentamicin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Humans, Denmark

  • Jesper Larsen,
  • Henrik C. Schønheyder,
  • Camilla H. Lester,
  • Stefan S. Olsen,
  • Lone J. Porsbo,
  • Lourdes Garcia-Migura,
  • Lars B. Jensen,
  • Magne Bisgaard,
  • Anette M. Hammerum

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1604.090500
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 4
pp. 682 – 684

Abstract

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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.

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