Article
Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from hospitals in Tehran.
Le infezioni in medicina - 1 Jun 2017
Saeidi Somayyeh, Mirnejad Reza, Masoumi Zavaryani Sara, Rostamzadeh Shiva
Abstract excerpt
Enterococcus faecalis is one of the most important causative agents of nosocomial infections. Control and prevention of these infections require appropriate epidemiological knowledge. This study investigated the correlation between molecular characteristics and drug resistance of E. faecalis isolates from local hospitals. A total of 125 isolates of Enterococcus faecalis from two hospitals in Tehran were...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cross Infection
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- DNA, Bacterial
- Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype