Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) as Intestinal Flora from Poultry in Riyadh

Abstract

2-5 The number of cases infected with VRE, as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, had jumped from 99 in 1992 to 278 in 1994, with a rapid increase in colonization, and a fecal carriage rate of 86%. 6 Since colonized patients as well as domestic animals and environment can serve as significant reservoirs for human acquisition of VRE, we determined the presence of these organisms in sewage and fecal samples of poultry, camels, goats and sheep in Riyadh and its vicinity. Our findings are reported in this paper.