title: Susceptibility to quinupristin/dalfopristin and other antibiotics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from the UK, 1997 to mid-1999.
abstract: Susceptibility to quinupristin/dalfopristin and other antibiotics was studied for clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) referred by UK hospitals between January 1997 and June 1999. Single isolates of VRE from 858 patients in 136 hospitals were received, of which 76% were Enterococcus faecium and 21% were Enterococcus faecalis, the remainder comprising minor species. Most isolates were multi-resistant. After allowing for the effect of blood, which raised the MICs of quinupristin/dalfopristin four-fold, 98.3% of E. faecalis isolates and all the Enterococcus avium, Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum appeared resistant to quinupristin/dalfopristin, whereas 98.8% of the E. faecium isolates and the single Enterococcus raffinosus isolate were susceptible.
authors.affiliation: Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, UK. ajohnson@phls.nhs.uk
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hallas
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Livermore
mesh_terms: D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013997:Time Factors; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance; D014769:Virginiamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014769:Virginiamycin; C062940:quinupristin-dalfopristin