Enterococcus avium

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
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Lactobacillales
Family:	Enterococcaceae
Genus:	Enterococcus
Species:	E. avium
Binomial name
Enterococcus avium (ex Nowlan and Deibel 1967) Collins et al. 1984