Enterococcus avium
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- species
- Enterococcus avium
Abstract
Enterococcus avium, a species of Enterococcus, is most commonly found in birds. Rarely, it is also a cause of infection in humans, and in such cases, may be vancomycin-reistant, and is referred to as VREA.Enterococcus avium at steadyhealth.com. Accessed July 18, 2010. VREA cases in humans have been successfully treated with linezolid.Lee, Prescott P. MD; Donald A. Ferguson, Jr.; John J. Laffan. Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus avium. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice: July 2004 12:4, pp. 239-244. Accessed July 17, 2010.
Name
- Homonyms
- Enterococcus avium