VANCOMYCIN SUSCEPTIBILITY IN ENTEROCOCCAL BLOOD ISOLATES IN ITALY - AMULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

Authors
VENDITTI M GOGLIO A MENICHETTI F MANSO E BONOPANE G DEPAOLI P FARINA C LANG A APOLLINI M RIGOLIN F PECILE P GILTRI G COVELLI I GIAMMANCO A CHEZZI C MARONE P CASTELLANI GT MARTINO P GUERRA C LIBERGOLI M MURA I SCAGNELLI M FORTINA G
Citation
M. Venditti et al., VANCOMYCIN SUSCEPTIBILITY IN ENTEROCOCCAL BLOOD ISOLATES IN ITALY - AMULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS, Journal of chemotherapy, 8(1), 1996, pp. 33-36
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Journal of chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
1120009X
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
33 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
1120-009X(1996)8:1<33:VSIEBI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A retrospective, multicenter survey was performed to evaluate the freq uency of vancomycin resistance among enterococcal blood isolates in It alian hospitals during 1993. Twenty-four laboratories, representing 21 cities, provided data on 177,623 blood cultures. Of 15,500 positive c ultures, 778 (5%) yielded an Enterococcus. Of 362 evaluable cases of e nterococcal bacteremia, a vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) was found in only 6 (1.6%). Based on these results, VRE bacteremia did nor appear to be a major problem in Italian hospitals in 1993.