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