Molecular epidemiology of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci isolated from patients in a university hospital in southern Italy.

doi:10.1093/jac/dki347

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Molecular epidemiology of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci isolated from patients in a university hospital in southern Italy.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2005

Zarrilli Raffaele, Tripodi Marie-Francoise, Di Popolo Anna, Fortunato Rosaria, Bagattini Maria, Crispino Margherita, Florio Anna, Triassi Maria, Utili Riccardo

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OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the genetic and molecular basis of high-level resistance to gentamicin and amikacin in 91 clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in a university hospital in southern Italy from 1987 to 2003. METHODS: Antibiotic susceptibility was evaluated by disc diffusion and microdilution methods. Genotyping was performed by PFGE and dendrogram analysis. Aminoglycoside...

Topics

Acetyltransferases
Amikacin
Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Chromosomes, Bacterial
DNA, Bacterial
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Enterococcus faecalis

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Enterococcus faecium

Gene Transfer Techniques

Gene Transfer, Horizontal

Genes, Bacterial

Genotype

Gentamicins

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Hospitals, University

Humans

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PMID: 16186168
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki347

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