FREQUENCY AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF ENTEROCOCCI

Authors
GUINEY M URWIN G
Citation
M. Guiney et G. Urwin, FREQUENCY AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF ENTEROCOCCI, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 12(5), 1993, pp. 362-366
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Microbiology
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
362 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1993)12:5<362:FAASOC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A study was performed to determine the frequency and antimicrobial sus ceptibility of Enterococcus species in clinical specimens. Of 943 aesc ulin-positive isolates, 873 (92 %) were identified as enterococci (737 Enterococcus faecalis, 129 Enterococcus faecium and 7 other Enterococ cus species). High-level resistance to gentamicin was found in 15.2 % of Enterococcus faecalis, but not in Enterococcus faecium; 58 % of Ent erococcus faecium were resistant to gentamicin at a concentration of 6 4 mg/l. None of the isolates were shown to possess vancomycin resistan ce.