Fecal Colonization with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Australia.

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    • Subject Terms:
      ENTEROCOCCUS; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; VANCOMYCIN resistance
    • Subject Terms:
      AUSTRALIA
    • Abstract:
      To assess the rate of fecal vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colonization in Australia, we examined specimens from 1,085 healthy volunteers. VRE was cultured from 2 (0.2%) of 1,085 specimens; both were vanB Enterococcus faecium, identical by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, but with a pattern rare in Melbourne hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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