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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 1999, p. 365-366, Vol. 43, No. 2
0066-4804/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Enterococci with Acquired Vancomycin Resistance in Pigs and Chickens of Different Age Groups

Patrick Butaye,1,* Luc A. Devriese,1 Herman Goossens,2 Margaretha Ieven,2 and Freddy Haesebrouck1

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, B-9820 Merelbeke,1 and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Antwerp University Hospital, U.I.A., B-2650 Edegem,2 Belgium

Received 19 August 1998/Returned for modification 7 October 1998/Accepted 16 November 1998

Results for isolation of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from fecal samples of pigs and chickens were found to differ strongly depending upon the type and age of animals and isolation technique (direct selective plate or broth enrichment). Isolations were frequent in broiler chickens and in sows but rare in layer chickens.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Phone: 32 9 264 74 35. Fax: 32 9 264 74 35. E-mail: pbutaye{at}allserv.rug.ac.be.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 1999, p. 365-366, Vol. 43, No. 2
0066-4804/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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