Antimicrobial resistance among enterococci from pigs in three European countries
Applied and Environmental Microbiology publish this investigation article
August 1st, 2002
Enterococci from pigs in Denmark, Spain, and Sweden were examined for susceptibility to antimicrobial agents and copper and the presence of selected resistance genes. The greatest levels of resistance were found among isolates from Spain and Denmark compared to those from Sweden, which corresponds to the amounts of antimicrobial agents used in food animal production in those countries. Similar genes were found to encode resistance in the different countries, but the tet(L) and tet(S) genes were more frequently found among isolates from Spain. A recently identified transferable copper resistance gene was found in all copper-resistant isolates from the different countries
Aarestrup F., Hasman H., Jensen LB., Moreno MA., Herrero IA., Dominguez L., Finn M. and Franklin A.
 | Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
| Servicio de Zoonosis de Transmisión Alimentaria y Resistencia a Antimicrobianos (ZTA). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
| Danish Veterinary Laboratory (DVL). | |
 | National Veterinary Institute (SVA). |
