TABLE 1.
VRE (vanA type) of human and animal origins from Japan, Europe, and the United States
| Source | No. of isolates examined | No. of isolates originating from:
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No. of isolates that werea:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Europe | United States | Subtype 1 | Subtype 2 | Subtype 3 | Subtype 4 | Subtype 5 | Subtype 6 | Subtype 7 | Untypeable | ||
| Humans | 50 | 18b | 27 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Pigs | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Poultry | 21 | 8c | 13 | 17 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 79 | 26 | 48 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
a
Subtypes were determined according to methods described previously (7).
b
Out of 18 human isolates from Japan, 6 type 1 isolates, 4 type 2 isolates, and 8 untypeable isolates were found. Fourteen isolates with indistinguishable PFGE patterns from Okayama University Hospital were counted as one isolate.
c
Out of 8 poultry isolates from Japan, 6 type 1 isolates and 2 untypeable isolates were found.