[Antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from patients in Córdoba (Spain)].
Enterococcus faecalis is a pathogenic microorganism. The aim of this investigation was to study the antibiotic susceptibility of the strains isolated in Cordoba in a 20-month period (January 2004 to August 2005). Susceptibility rates to betalactamics were 98% to ampicillin and 99% to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; high-dose aminoglycosides (streptomycin 1000 microg and gentamycin 500 microg) obtained 56% and 76%, respectively. We found no strains resistant to glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin) or to linezolid.
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Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. mi1carom@uco.es
Franco-Alvarez de Luna
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García-Mayorgas
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Rodríguez
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Casal
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D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013030:Spain