Table 3.
Clonal lineages identified in E. faecium isolated from broilers or broiler meat.
| Country | Source | VRE | Clonal Lineages (Number and Prevalence of Isolates) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Retail chicken meat | + | ST32 (3/3, 100%) | [121] |
| Sweden | Ceca from healthy broilers | + | ST310 (11/11, 100%) | [115] |
| Turkey | Cloaca from broilers | - | ST1346 (7/11, 63.64%) ST1348 (3/11, 18.18%) ST1347, ST1354 (1/11, 9.09% each) |
[131] |
| + | ST1341, ST1342, ST1343, ST1244, ST1345 (1/5, 20% each) | |||
| Saudi Arabia | Cloaca from healthy broilers |
- | ST194 (8/30, 26.67%) ST82, ST157 (5/30, 16.67% each) ST9 (4/30, 13.33%) ST16 (3/30, 10.00%) ST18, ST360 (2/30, 6.67% each) ST12 (1/30, 0.33%) |
[90] |
| Korea | Retail chicken meat | - | ST451 (1/1, 100%) | [130] |
| United Arab Emirates |
Retail chicken meat | - | ST2236 (3/6, 50%) ST195, ST2238, ST2239 (1/6, 16.67% each) |
[107] |
| Australia | Ceca from broilers | - | ST492 (7/46, 15.22%) ST195, ST241 (5/46, 10.87% each) ST124 (4/46, 8.70%) ST10, ST507, ST517, ST640 (3/46, 6.52% each) ST8, ST236, ST1243 (2/46, 4.35% each) ST158, ST190, ST194, ST240, ST245, ST511, ST944 (1/46, 2.17% each) |
[60] |
VRE: vancomycin-resistant enterococci; -: VRE-negative; +: VRE-positive.