PMID- 18193143
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080527
LR  - 20091111
IS  - 0007-4861 (Print)
IS  - 0007-4861 (Linking)
VI  - 80
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Mar
TI  - Antibiotic and disinfectant susceptibility profiles of vancomycin-resistant 
      Enterococcus faecium (VRE) isolated from community wastewater in Texas.
PG  - 188-94
LID - 10.1007/s00128-007-9342-0 [doi]
AB  - Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) from human wastewater effluents 
      in a nonclinical semiclosed agri-food system in Texas were characterized for 
      susceptibility to antibiotics and disinfectants. The 50 VRE were resistant to 
      eight fluoroquinolones and 10 of 17 antimicrobials typically active against 
      Gram-positive organisms. The VRE were susceptible to quinupristin/dalfopristin 
      and linezolid. Lack of the insertion element IS1251 correlated with VRE 
      susceptibility to streptomycin and gentamicin at p < 0.0001 and p = 0.033, 
      respectively. An association was observed between pulsed-field gel 
      electrophoresis genotypes Ic and II and susceptibility to streptomycin at p = 
      0.0006. VRE susceptibility for nine disinfectants and five disinfectant 
      components is shown. Ninety-two percent of the isolates had a minimum inhibitory 
      concentration (MIC) for triclosan > or =2 ppm. Triclosan MICs for many of the VRE 
      were well over expected product application levels. No association was observed 
      between antibiotic resistance and disinfectant susceptibility in these VRE. 
      Enterococci multiply-resistant to vancomycin and aminoglycosides were found in a 
      non-hospital environment where one would not expect to find them.
FAU - Beier, Ross C
AU  - Beier RC
AD  - Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US 
      Department of Agriculture, College Station, TX 77845-4988, USA. 
      rcbeier@ffsru.tamu.edu
FAU - Duke, Sara E
AU  - Duke SE
FAU - Ziprin, Richard L
AU  - Ziprin RL
FAU - Harvey, Roger B
AU  - Harvey RB
FAU - Hume, Michael E
AU  - Hume ME
FAU - Poole, Toni L
AU  - Poole TL
FAU - Scott, H Morgan
AU  - Scott HM
FAU - Highfield, Linda D
AU  - Highfield LD
FAU - Alali, Walid Q
AU  - Alali WQ
FAU - Andrews, Kathleen
AU  - Andrews K
FAU - Anderson, Robin C
AU  - Anderson RC
FAU - Nisbet, David J
AU  - Nisbet DJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20080112
PL  - United States
TA  - Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
JT  - Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology
JID - 0046021
RN  - 0 (DNA Transposable Elements)
RN  - 0 (Disinfectants)
RN  - 0 (Sewage)
SB  - IM
MH  - DNA Transposable Elements
MH  - Disinfectants/*pharmacology
MH  - Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
MH  - Enterococcus faecium/*drug effects/genetics
MH  - Microbial Sensitivity Tests
MH  - Sewage/*microbiology
MH  - *Vancomycin Resistance
EDAT- 2008/01/15 09:00
MHDA- 2008/05/28 09:00
CRDT- 2008/01/15 09:00
PHST- 2007/09/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/12/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/01/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/05/28 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/01/15 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00128-007-9342-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2008 Mar;80(3):188-94. doi: 
      10.1007/s00128-007-9342-0. Epub 2008 Jan 12.