Absence of high-level vancomycin resistance in enterococci isolated from meat-processing facilities.

Emerg Infect Dis

ConAgra Refrigerated Prepared Foods, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515, USA.

Published: February 2002

Enterococci isolated from packaging areas of meat-processing facilities that produce ready-to-eat meat products were examined for high-level vancomycin resistance. A total of 406 enterococci isolates from the plants' packaging areas were examined for vancomycin resistance. High-level vancomycin resistance was not demonstrated in any enterococci isolated from 12 meat-processing plants.

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