title: Resistance in clinical isolates of Enterococcusfaecalis encountered at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica.
abstract: Enterococcus faecalis isolates were examined by an automated identification and susceptibility system. Almost all of the 97 isolates were ampicillin susceptible (n = 86) and tetracycline resistant (n = 89). All were nitrofurantoin susceptible. About a third of isolates showed high level resistance to the aminoglycosides streptomicin and gentamicin and this was usually associated with ciprofloxacin resistance (n = 34). Seven isolates were vancomycin resistant, including one that was ampicillin resistant. Most forms of resistance described elsewhere were found
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies. geoffrey.saunders@uwimona.edu.jm
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Bodonaik
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009582:Nitrofurantoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000667:Ampicillin; D009582:Nitrofurantoin; D013752:Tetracycline