Enterococcus avium, a species of Enterococcus,[1] is most commonly found in birds. Rarely, it is also a cause of infection in humans, and in such cases, may be vancomycin-resistant, and is referred to as VREA.[2] VREA cases in humans have been successfully treated with linezolid.[3]
| Enterococcus avium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Lactobacillales |
| Family: | Enterococcaceae |
| Genus: | Enterococcus |
| Species: | E. avium
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| Binomial name | |
| Enterococcus avium (ex Nowlan and Deibel 1967) Collins et al. 1984
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References edit
- ^ Mohanty S, Dhawan B, Kapil A, Das BK, Pandey P, Gupta A (March 2005). "Brain abscess due to Enterococcus avium". Am. J. Med. Sci. 329 (3): 161–2. doi:10.1097/00000441-200503000-00011. PMID 15767825.
- ^ Enterococcus avium Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at steadyhealth.com. Accessed July 18, 2010.
- ^ 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.
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