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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2005, p. 6407-6409, Vol. 71, No. 10
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.71.10.6407-6409.2005
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Institute of Hygiene, Medical University of Graz,1 Department of Veterinary Administration in Styria, A-8010 Graz, Austria2
Received 23 December 2004/ Accepted 10 May 2005
Fecal samples from humans and food-producing animals were analyzed for the presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). The VRE carriage rate in humans was 6%, and there was a predominance of VanC-type resistance. Enterococcus faecium with vanA-mediated resistance was frequent in broiler chickens (42%) but rare in cattle and pig samples.
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