Table 5.

Resistance (+) or susceptibility (−) of the enterococcal isolates against clinically-relevant antibiotics ^a

			Antibiotic b
Origin	Species	Strain	AM	GM	SM	EM	CL	QD	TC	CM
Porcine	E. faecalis	ECA3	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
		ECB1	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+
		ECC5	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
		ECD2	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
		ECE1	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
		ECH6	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
		ECI1	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
		ECI3	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
Canine		PKG12	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+
		PRA5	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+
Ovine		EOA1	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+
		EOB6A	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+
Feline		G8-1 K	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+
Human		C1252	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
		C901	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+
Porcine	E. faecium	ECA2B	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+
		ECB4	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+
		ECC2A	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
		ECD3	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	+
		ECF2	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
		ECF5	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
Canine		PGAH11	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+
		PKB4	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-
Human		C656	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+
Human	E. durans	C2341	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		C1943	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+
		C654	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		C502	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+
Porcine	E. hirae	ECC1	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
		ECG1	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+
Ovine		EOA2	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Feline		EH11	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Ovine	E. casseliflavus	EOB3	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+
		EOB5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^aAll the enterococcal strains showed susceptibility to tigecycline, linezolid and vancomycin, and exhibited high resistance to kanamycin.

^bAM: ampicillin; GM: gentamicin; SM: streptomycin; EM: erythromycin; CL: clindamycin; QD: quinupristin/dalfopristin; TC: tetracycline; CM: chloramphenicol.