Article
Assessment of high-level gentamicin and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium clonal structure in a Portuguese hospital over a 3-year period.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 2009
Mato R, Almeida F, Pires R, Rodrigues P, Ferreira T, Santos-Sanches I
Abstract excerpt
This study focussed on the clonal structure and temporal distribution of E. faecalis and E. faecium with high-level resistance to gentamicin (HLGR) and glycopeptides (GR) collected from clinical samples during 2004 to 2006 at a Portuguese Hospital. The findings were an E. faecalis-dominant and epidemic clone (PFGE-AO), the maintenance of a major epidemic E. faecium clone (PFGE-c) and a high prevalence of putative...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Enterococcus faecalis