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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2008, p. 1195-1197, Vol. 52, No. 3
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00531-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

High Rates of Fecal Carriage of Nonenterococcal vanB in both Children and Adults{triangledown}

M. Graham,1 S. A. Ballard,1 E. A. Grabsch,2 P. D. R. Johnson,1,3 and M. L. Grayson1,3,4*

Infectious Diseases,1 Microbiology Departments, Austin Health, Heidelberg,2 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne,3 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia4

Received 22 April 2007/ Returned for modification 2 July 2007/ Accepted 21 December 2007

We examined the rate of fecal carriage of vanB in the absence of cultivable vancomycin-resistant enterococci in three distinct populations (children, community adults, and hemodialysis patients). Nonenterococcal vanB carriage was similarly high in hemodialysis patients (45%) and community adults (63%; P = 0.066) and significantly more common among community adults than children (27%; P = 0.001).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases Department, Austin Hospital, Austin Health, Studley Rd., Heidelberg, VIC, Australia 3084. Phone: (613) 9496-6676. Fax: (613) 9496-6677. E-mail: Lindsay.Grayson{at}austin.org.au

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 7 January 2008.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2008, p. 1195-1197, Vol. 52, No. 3
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00531-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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