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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2002, p. 3133-3137, Vol. 68, No. 6
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.6.3133-3137.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) from Norwegian Poultry Cluster with VREF from Poultry from the United Kingdom and The Netherlands in an Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Genogroup

Katrine Borgen,1,2* Yngvild Wasteson,1 Hilde Kruse,2 and Rob J. L. Willems3

Department of Pharmacology, Microbiology and Food Hygiene, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science,1 National Veterinary Institute, N-0033 Oslo, Norway,2 Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands3

Received 2 August 2001/ Accepted 19 March 2002

The genetic relationship between 197 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) isolates and 21 vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium isolates from Norwegian poultry was analyzed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). The isolates were compared to 255 VREF isolates from various sources and countries. The Norwegian isolates constituted a relatively homogeneous population of E. faecium and clustered in a previously defined poultry AFLP genogroup.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Phone: 31.30.2744073. Fax: 31.30.2744449. E-mail: katrine.borgen{at}rivm.nl.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2002, p. 3133-3137, Vol. 68, No. 6
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.6.3133-3137.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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