Research Article
Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from Humans and Retail Red Meat
Table 3
Virulence gene patterns observed in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates from human clinical specimens and red meat.
| Virulence gene pattern | Human clinical specimens No. of isolates | Red meat No. of isolates | E. faecalis | E. faecium | E. faecalis | E. faecium |
| ace-asa1-cylA-efaA-esp-gelE | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ace-asa1-cylA-efaA-gelE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ace-asa1-efaA-esp-gelE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ace-efaA-asa1-esp-cylA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | asa1-cylA-efaA-esp-gelE | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ace-asa1-cylA-efaA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ace-asa1-efaA-gelE | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ace-efaA-esp-gelE | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | asa1-efaA-esp-gelE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ace-asa1-efaA | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ace-efaA-esp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ace-efaA-gelE | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | asa1-efaA-esp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | asa1-efaA-gelE | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | efaA-esp-gelE | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ace-efaA | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | asa1-efaA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | asa1-gelE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | efaA-gelE | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | esp-hyl | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | efaA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | esp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | gelE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | None | 0 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| Total | 71 | 30 | 120 | 21 |
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