title: [Enterococcus faecalis: a multicenter study on antibiotic resistance].
abstract: 676 E. faecalis strains were listed over a period of 2 years from the Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis (167 strains), the Habib Bourguiba hospital of Sfax (350 strains) and the National Centre of Bone marrow Transplantation of Tunis (159 strains). Antibiotic sensibility study was realized by the method of the antibiogram, E-test method and the search of penicillinase by cefinase. E. faecalis resulted essentially from services of onco-haematology (24%), external consultations (23%), surgery (18%) and medicine (15%). These strains were isolated especially from urines (54%), coprocultures (15%), bloodcultures (11%) and from pus (9%). Resistance acquired with these strains is raised for erythromycin, tetracyclin and chloramphenicol (81% to 86%), followed by high level resistance to gentamicine (37%). 0.1% of E. faecalis strains have a low level resistance to amoxicillin without production of penicillinase. No resistance to vancomycin was observed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Recherche Résistance aux antibiotiques, Faculté de Médecine, Tunis.
authors.forename: Dorra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Besbes
authors.forename: Ilhem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boutiba
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Rafia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghozzi
authors.forename: Faouzia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahjoubi
authors.forename: Saïda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Rejeb
authors.forename: Adnène
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hammami
authors.forename: Assia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Hassen
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D010406:Penicillins; D004917:Erythromycin; D014640:Vancomycin; D000658:Amoxicillin
vernacular_title: Enterococcus faecalis: étude multicentrique sur la résistance aux antibiotiques.