title: [Antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from patients in Córdoba (Spain)].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. mi1carom@uco.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Causse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franco-Alvarez de Luna
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: García-Mayorgas
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casal
mesh_terms: 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