禽肠球菌病概述

Study on Poultry Enterococcosis

肠球菌常存在于食品、环境中,是关系到公共卫生一种重要微生物.肠球菌可以感染多种动物引起发病.目前,已证实其多种致病因子的存在和作用.随着耐药菌株的不断出现,日益得到人们的关注.同时,有些种的肠球菌是具有益生活性的细菌,所以对其的研究更为深入.本文就肠球菌及其引起的禽类感染特性进行概述.

Enterococci are lactic acid bacteria of importance in food and environment,public health and medical microbiology.Enterococci have been associated with a number of animals infections.Several virulence factors have been described and the number of antibiotic-resistant enterococci is increasing.The controversial nature of enterococci has prompted an enormous increase in scientific papers and reviews in recent years.Enterococci are important inhabitants of animal intestine and are widely used in probiotic products.This review describes the Enterococci infected poultry and characteristics.