Tag > vancomycin resistant enterococci

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE)  is often indicative of antibiotic abuse.  Farms that use sub-therapeutic antibiotic continuously may have animals that harbor VRE. VRE have been found in many countries in poultry meat, pork, beef, milk and cultured fish. VRE poses a potential public health threat. In 2005, our country reported a case of Community-Acquired Infection (CAI) of VRE.  The report is here . The point of infection is speculative in the report, but it does raise the red flag in so far as the possibility of CAI of VRE is concerned, in our country. This means that...