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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2796-2799, Vol. 71, No. 5
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.5.2796-2799.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Combined Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Chickens

Odile Petsaris,1 Fabien Miszczak,1 Mireille Gicquel-Bruneau,2 Agnès Perrin-Guyomard,2 Florence Humbert,3 Pascal Sanders,2 and Roland Leclercq1*

Service de Microbiologie, CHU Caen, 14033, Caen Cedex,1 AFSSA, LERMVD, Javené, B.P. 90203, 35302 Fougères,2 AFSSA, LERAP, Zoopole des Côtes d'Armor, B.P. 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France3

Received 25 August 2004/ Accepted 30 November 2004

Nineteen E. faecium strains isolated from chicken caecum samples, collected in slaughterhouses and highly resistant to vancomycin or gentamicin, were coresistant to erythromycin, and/or tetracyclines, and/or streptogramins, and/or avilamycin. Multiple antibiotic resistance was related to the presence in various combinations of aac(6')-aph(2"), erm(B), emtA, mef(A), tet(L), tet(M), and vanA genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: CHU de Caen, Service de Microbiologie, Avenue Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 02 31 06 45 72. Fax: (33) 02 31 06 45 73. E-mail: leclercq-r{at}chu-caen.fr.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2796-2799, Vol. 71, No. 5
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.5.2796-2799.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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