Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from Humans and Retail Red Meat

Table 1

Overview of the susceptibility testing results for 191 Enterococcus faecalis and 51 Enterococcus faecium isolates from human clinical specimens and red meat.

Resistance; to no. of; antimicrobials	Human clinical specimens; No. of isolates [%]		Red meat; No. of isolates [%]
	E. faecalis; (n=71)	E. faecium; (n=30)	E. faecalis; (n=120)	E. faecium; (n=21)
6	1	3	0	0
5	4	13	0	0
4	4	3	0	0
3	12	3	2	0
MDR		22	2	0
2	14	3	4	1
1	27	2	39	2
Susceptible	9	3	75	18
Total	101		141

Note: significant associations (the Fisher’s exact test) of antimicrobial resistance/susceptibility and origin of isolation for each species are indicated with asterisks. Significance levels: <0.005; <0.0005, <0.0001.
MDR denotes the multidrug resistance.