Antimicrobial Resistance in Porcine Enterococci in Australia and the Ramifications for Human Health.

ABSTRACT: Enterococci are ubiquitous opportunistic pathogens that have become a major public health issue globally. The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in hospital-adapted enterococci had been thought to originate from livestock. However, this association between livestock and hospital-adapted enterococci is currently unclear. This study investigates the antimicrobial susceptibilities of enterococci isolated from pig cecal samples and compares the genomic characteristics of Enterococcus faecium from pigs to those of isolates from meat chickens and from human sepsis cases. From 200 cecal samples, antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed for E. faecium (n = 84), E. hirae (n = 36), and E. faecalis (n = 17). Whole-genome sequen

SUBMITTER: Lee T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8117772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature