TABLE 2.

Characteristics of Australian enterococci^a

Species	Phenotype	No. of isolates with the following van genotype:
		vanA	vanB	vanC1	vanC2 or vanC3	Negative	Total
E. faecalis	Sensitiveb					44	44
	VanA	1					1
	VanB	1	10			4	15
E. faecium	Sensitiveb					10	10
	VanA	82	1				83
	VanB		40				40
E. gallinarum	VanC			42			42
E. casseliflavus	VanC				9		9
Other speciesc						4	4

^aA total of 248 isolates were tested; VRE (n = 139) comprised human clinical isolates (n = 41) and isolates from contacts of index patients (n = 63), the environment (n = 33), and animals (n = 2); other Enterococcus spp. (n = 109) included clinical isolates (n = 89) and isolates from animals (n = 20). Refer to text for discussion on the prevalence of VRE from clinical isolates. 

^bVancomycin MIC, ≤4 μg/ml. 

^cE. durans (n = 2) and E. hirae (n = 2).