Multidrug-resistant enterococci in the hospital environment: detection of novel vancomycin-resistant E. faecium clone ST910 | Zendy

Raoudha Dziri | Zendy; Carmen Lozano | Zendy; Leila Ben Said | Zendy; Ridha Bellaaj | Zendy; Abdellatif Boudabous | Zendy; Karim Ben Slama | Zendy; Cármen Torres | Zendy; Naouel Klibi | Zendy

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Multidrug-resistant enterococci in the hospital environment: detection of novel vancomycin-resistant E. faecium clone ST910

Author(s) -

Raoudha Dziri,

Carmen Lozano,

Leila Ben Said,

Ridha Bellaaj,

Abdellatif Boudabous,

Karim Ben Slama,

Cármen Torres,

Naouel Klibi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.8014

Subject(s) - pulsed field gel electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , multilocus sequence typing , enterococcus faecium , teicoplanin , vancomycin , biology , multiple drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , clone (java method) , polymerase chain reaction , genotype , virology , drug resistance , antibiotics , bacteria , gene , staphylococcus aureus , genetics

The role of the hospital environment as a reservoir of resistant bacteria in Tunisia has been poorly investigated; however, it could be responsible for the transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The objective was to study the prevalence of Enterococcus in the environment of a Tunisian hospital and the antibiotic resistance phenotype/genotype in recovered isolates, with special reference to vancomycin resistance.

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