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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 1998, p. 705-708, Vol. 42, No. 3
0066-4804/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococci Isolated from Turkey Flocks Fed Virginiamycin

L. A. Welton,1,2 L. A. Thal,1,2 M. B. Perri,1,2 S. Donabedian,1,2 J. McMahon,1,2 J. W. Chow,1,3 and M. J. Zervos1,2,3,4,*

Departments of Medicine1 and Clinical Pathology,4 William Beaumont Hospital,2 Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 482023

Received 21 May 1997/Returned for modification 25 August 1997/Accepted 20 November 1997

From 125 separate cloacal cultures from three turkey flocks fed virginiamycin, 104 Enterococcus faecium and 186 Enterococcus faecalis isolates were obtained. As the turkeys aged, there was a higher percentage of quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant E. faecium isolates, with isolates from the oldest flock being 100% resistant. There were no vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Results of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) indicated there were 11 PFGE types of E. faecalis and 7 PFGE types of E. faecium that were in more than one group of flock cultures.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073. Phone: (248) 551-0419. Fax: (248) 551-8880. E-mail: MZervos{at}SMTPGW.Beaumont.EDU.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 1998, p. 705-708, Vol. 42, No. 3
0066-4804/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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