TY - JOUR
T1 - Porcine and Human Community Reservoirs of Enterococcus faecalis, Denmark
AU - Larsen, Jesper
AU - Schønheyder, Henrik C
AU - Singh, Kavindra V
AU - Lester, Camilla H
AU - Olsen, Stefan
AU - Porsbo, Lone Jannok
AU - Garcia-Migura, Lourdes
AU - Jensen, Lars Birk
AU - Bisgaard, Magne
AU - Murray, Barbara E
AU - Hammerum, Anette Marie
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - TO THE EDITOR: Enterococcus faecalis, which exists commensally in the gut in warm-blooded animals and humans, is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of community-acquired and health care-associated infections, such as urinary tract and intraabdominal infections, bacteremia, and endocarditis (1). Only a few studies have assessed the relationships between clinical E. faecalis strains; strains endemic to the health care setting; and community strains residing in humans, animals, or animal-origin food (2).
AB - TO THE EDITOR: Enterococcus faecalis, which exists commensally in the gut in warm-blooded animals and humans, is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of community-acquired and health care-associated infections, such as urinary tract and intraabdominal infections, bacteremia, and endocarditis (1). Only a few studies have assessed the relationships between clinical E. faecalis strains; strains endemic to the health care setting; and community strains residing in humans, animals, or animal-origin food (2).
U2 - 10.3201/eid1712.101584
DO - 10.3201/eid1712.101584
M3 - Letter
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 17
SP - 2395
EP - 2397
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print)
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print)
ER -