Open AccessThe emergence of multi-resistant Enterococcus faecalis clonal complex, CC4, causing nosocomial infections
Author(s) -
Dongfa Dai,
Huizhu Wang,
Xinmin Xu,
Chen Chen,
Chuan Song,
Dong Jiang,
Pengcheng Du,
Yuanyuan Zhang,
Hui Zeng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000761
Subject(s) - enterococcus faecalis , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotic resistance , isolation (microbiology) , antimicrobial , drug resistance , erythromycin , antibiotics , genotype , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , gene
Enterococcus faecalis is commonly found as a commensal gut bacteria, but some linages have caused increasing extra-gastrointestinal infections. In particular, strains with high-level virulence or antimicrobial resistance are prevalent in healthcare settings as nosocomial pathogens. This study was performed to elucidate the epidemiological characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of E. faecalis causing nosocomial infections in a Chinese general hospital over a 4-year period.