Occurrence of virulence factors and antibiotic resistances in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium collected from dairy and human samples in North Italy

被引：85

作者：

Cariolato, Diego ^{[1
]}

Andrighetto, Christian ^{[1
]}

Lombardi, Angiolella ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Veneto Agricoltura Ist Qualita & Tecnol Agroalime, I-36016 Thiene, VI, Italy

来源：

FOOD CONTROL | 2008年 / 19卷 / 09期

关键词：

Enterococcus; virulence factors; antibiotic resistance;

D O I：

10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.08.019

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

The aim of this research was to study the incidence of potential virulence factors and antibiotic resistance in 38 Enterococcus faecalis and 43 Enterococcus/faecium strains isolated from dairy products and human samples. The presence of the virulence factors agg, ace, esp, gelE, efaA and of the vanA and vanB genes was evaluated by PCR, while antibiotic resistance was tested by the disk diffusion method. Ent. faecalis displayed more virulence determinants than Ent. faecium, with the presence of multiple virulence traits. Virulence determinants were present in both human and dairy strains, while antibiotic resistance patterns of the two groups of strains were very different with a significant higher diffusion of resistances among human enterococci. Considering the results of our study, dairy enterococci cannot be considered the main potential source for dissemination of antibiotic resistances. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：886 / 892

页数：7

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