title: Vancomycin susceptibility in enterococcal blood isolates in Italy: a multicenter retrospective analysis.
abstract: A retrospective, multicenter survey was performed to evaluate the frequency of vancomycin resistance among enterococcal blood isolates in Italian hospitals during 1993. Twenty-four laboratories, representing 21 cities, provided data on 177,623 blood cultures. Of 15,500 positive cultures, 778 (5%) yielded an Enterococcus. Of 362 evaluable cases of enterococcal bacteremia, a vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) was found in only 6 (1.6%). Based on these results, VRE bacteremia did not appear to be a major problem in Italian hospitals in 1993.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goglio
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin