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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2005, p. 4382-4385, Vol. 49, No. 10
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.10.4382-4385.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Strains Isolated from Community Wastewater from a Semiclosed Agri-Food System in Texas

T. L. Poole,1* M. E. Hume,1 L. D. Campbell,2 H. M. Scott,2 W. Q. Alali,2 and R. B. Harvey1

Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,1 Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas2

Received 20 May 2005/ Returned for modification 6 July 2005/ Accepted 20 July 2005

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains (VRE) were isolated from human wastewater but not swine fecal waste from a semiclosed agri-food system in Texas. Forty-nine VRE isolates possessed vanA, and one possessed vanB. Twenty-one pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types were identified and segregated into three groups. There was evidence of clonal dissemination among geographically separated sites.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: USDA/ARS/SPARC, 2881 F&B Road, College Station, TX 77845. Phone: (979) 260-9360. Fax: (979) 260-9332. E-mail: poole{at}ffsru.tamu.edu.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2005, p. 4382-4385, Vol. 49, No. 10
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.10.4382-4385.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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