title: First cluster of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates in Cyprus.
abstract: This report describes the first patient in Cyprus to be infected with a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, as well as the microbiological characteristics of a cluster of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus isolates from the intensive care unit where the index case was hospitalised. All isolates were identified as Enterococcus faecalis, belonged to the same clone, and contained the vanA gene cluster. Transfer of glycopeptide resistance to a susceptible strain of E. faecalis could not be detected.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Aghiou Thoma 17 and Alexandroupoleos, Goudi-Athens 115-26, Greece. gdaikos@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Daikos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Triantafyllopoulou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Syriopoulou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakatzouni-Pieridou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kontou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theodoulou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tofas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrikkos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002353:Carrier State; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000667:Ampicillin