Resumen de Agricultural Origins of a Highly Persistent Lineage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in New Zealand

Rowena Rushton-Green, Rachel L. Darnell, George Taiaroa, Glen P. Carter, Gregory M. Cook, Xochitl C. Morgan

• Historical antimicrobial use in NZ agriculture has driven the evolution of ST108, a VRE lineage carrying a range of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistances. The persistence of this lineage in NZ for over a decade indicates that coselection may be an important stabilizing mechanism for its persistence.