title: Survey of antibiotic resistance among enterococci in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
abstract: A surveillance study on antibiotic resistance of enterococcal isolates (n = 730) was carried out in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in 1997. Resistance rates to ampicillin (7.4%), high-level gentamicin (15.0%), high-level streptomycin (27.9%), ciprofloxacin (37.9%), vancomycin (1.5%), and teicoplanin (1.5%) were determined. All vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) carried the vanA gene. SmaI and ApaI macrorestriction patterns indicated an intra- and interhospital spread of VRE.
authors: National Reference Center for Streptococci, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Aachen, D-52057 Aachen, Germany. Reinert@rwth-Aachen.de
authors: R R
authors: RR
authors: Reinert
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Conrads
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Schlaeger
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Werner
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Witte
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Lütticken
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Klare
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Q000235:genetics; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; D014640:Vancomycin; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases