Resistant enterococci: prevalence and factors associated with colonization in a Turkish university hospital.
The prevalence of high level aminoglycoside-resistant (HLAR) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci were investigated in this study. Enterococci were isolated from 264 of all specimens (70.9%). Thirty strains were identified as high level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci (11.4%). Vancomycin resistant enterococcus has not been isolated in this study.
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Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents