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Enterococcus faecium of the <i>vanA</i> Genotype in Rural Drinking Water, Effluent, and the Aqueous Environment

Dearbháile Morris, Sandra Galvin, Fiona Boyle, Paul Hickey, Martina Mulligan, Martin Cormican

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2011 · 31 citations · 17 references

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Total enterococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were enumerated in samples of effluent (n = 50) and water (n = 167) from a number of sources. VRE were detected in the outflow of a wastewater treatment plant and in a single rural drinking water supply, suggesting potential for transmission to humans through environmental contamination.

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