Environmental Contamination with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Hospital Sewage in Portugal-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Environmental Contamination with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Hospital Sewage in Portugal

Published:2005-06 Issue:6 Volume:71 Page:3364-3368
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Novais Carla¹,Coque Teresa M.²,Ferreira Helena¹,Sousa João Carlos³,Peixe Luisa¹

Affiliation:

1. REQUIMTE Laboratório de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

2. Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

3. Microbiologia, Faculdade Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

ABSTRACT Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were detected in samples of sewage obtained downstream of hospitals of the Porto area in Portugal, and in samples from the Douro Estuary. Clonal analysis, Tn 1546 typing, and presence of putative virulence traits indicate the clinical origin of these isolates. This observation highlights the importance of hospital sewage in the VRE contamination of the environment.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.71.6.3364-3368.2005

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