Objective To examine the clonal diversity of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Methods A total of 900 clinical isolates of enterococci were obtained, and VRE isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility tests, biochemical fingerprinting with the PhPlate system (PhP), ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing. Results Forty-nine of all enterococcal isolates were resistant to high levels of vancomycin (MIC ≥ 128) and identified as Enterococcus faecium. Biochemical fingerprinting with PhP showed that the VRE isolates were highly diverse (diversity index, Di = 0.93) and belonged to 24 PhP-types. The VRE could be separated into 34 and 27 types with PFGE and ribotyping, giving diversity indices of 0.98 and 0.9...
This report describes the frequency of Enteroccoci phenotypic and genotypic susceptibility patterns ...
faecium isolates obtained from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia and to assess Tn1546 variation within t...
BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become a major cause of nosocomial infection...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and...
The prevalence and diversity of antibiotic resistant enterococci populations in samples collected fo...
textabstractObjectives; The aim of this study was to characterize 34 vancomycin-resistant VanA Enter...
Clonal spread and horizontal transfer in the spread of vancomycin resistance genes were investigated...
The aim of this study was to characterize the resistance mechanism in four clinical and five intesti...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
Enterococci are known as a cause of nosocomial infections and this aptitude is intensified by the gr...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to characterize 34 vancomycin-resistant VanA Enterococcus faec...
The epidemiology and molecular characteristics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from China ...
This report describes the frequency of Enteroccoci phenotypic and genotypic susceptibility patterns ...
faecium isolates obtained from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia and to assess Tn1546 variation within t...
BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become a major cause of nosocomial infection...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and...
The prevalence and diversity of antibiotic resistant enterococci populations in samples collected fo...
textabstractObjectives; The aim of this study was to characterize 34 vancomycin-resistant VanA Enter...
Clonal spread and horizontal transfer in the spread of vancomycin resistance genes were investigated...
The aim of this study was to characterize the resistance mechanism in four clinical and five intesti...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
The present study describes the first molecular characterization of environmental and clinical isola...
Enterococci are known as a cause of nosocomial infections and this aptitude is intensified by the gr...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to characterize 34 vancomycin-resistant VanA Enterococcus faec...
The epidemiology and molecular characteristics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from China ...
This report describes the frequency of Enteroccoci phenotypic and genotypic susceptibility patterns ...
faecium isolates obtained from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia and to assess Tn1546 variation within t...
BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become a major cause of nosocomial infection...