title: Status of high level aminoglycoside resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis in a rural hospital of central India.
abstract: Considering the emergence of high level aminoglycoside resistance (HLAR) in enterococci this study was undertaken to determine their status in a rural setting. HLAR by disc diffusion and agar dilution, beta lactamase by nitrocefin disc and vancomycin resistance by agar dilution was determined in 150 enterococcal isolates, as per NCCLS guidelines. Only two species, Enterococcus faecalis (85.5%) and Enterococcus faecium (14.7%) were recovered, mostly from blood. Forty six percent showed HLAR. Multi drug resistance and concomitant resistance of HLAR strains to beta lactams were quite high. None showed beta lactamase activity or vancomycin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India. dkmendiratta@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mendiratta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deotale
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Thamke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narang
mesh_terms: D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents