Agricultural Origins of a Highly Persistent Lineage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in New Zealand

• Rowena Rushton-Green ^[1] ; Rachel L. Darnell ^[1] ; George Taiaroa ^[1] ; Glen P. Carter ^[2] ; Gregory M. Cook ^[1] ; Xochitl C. Morgan ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Otago

     University of Otago

     Nueva Zelanda

     
  2. [2] University of Melbourne

     University of Melbourne

     Australia

     
• Localización: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ISSN 0099-2240, Vol. 85, Nº 13, 2019
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Historical antimicrobial use in NZ agriculture has driven the evolution of ST108, a VRE lineage carrying a range of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistances. The persistence of this lineage in NZ for over a decade indicates that coselection may be an important stabilizing mechanism for its persistence.