# Enterococcus avium

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{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Enterococcus avium
| authority = (''ex'' Nowlan and Deibel 1967) Collins ''et al.'' 1984
}}

'''''Enterococcus avium''''', a species of ''[Enterococcus](/source/Enterococcus)'',<ref name="pmid15767825">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mohanty S, Dhawan B, Kapil A, Das BK, Pandey P, Gupta A |title=Brain abscess due to Enterococcus avium |journal=Am. J. Med. Sci. |volume=329 |issue=3 |pages=161–2 |date=March 2005 |pmid=15767825 |doi= 10.1097/00000441-200503000-00011}}</ref> is most commonly found in birds.  Rarely, it is also a cause of infection in humans, and in such cases, may be [vancomycin](/source/vancomycin)-resistant, and is referred to as VREA.<ref>[http://www.steadyhealth.com/encyclopedia/Enterococcus_avium Enterococcus avium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716134740/http://www.steadyhealth.com/encyclopedia/Enterococcus_avium |date=2011-07-16 }} at steadyhealth.com.  Accessed July 18, 2010.</ref>{{Dead link|date=March 2026}}  VREA cases in humans have been successfully treated with [linezolid](/source/linezolid).<ref>Lee, Prescott P. MD; Donald A. Ferguson, Jr.; John J. Laffan. [http://journals.lww.com/infectdis/Fulltext/2004/07000/Vancomycin_Resistant_Enterococcus_avium.6.aspx Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus avium]. ''Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice: July 2004'' 12:4, pp. 239-244. Accessed July 17, 2010.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=5270&submit=Search Type strain of ''Enterococcus avium'' at Bac''Dive'' -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

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avium
Category:Bacteria described in 1967
Category:Gram-positive bacteria

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