| Clinical and molecular epidemiology of hospital Enterococcus faecalis isolates in eastern France. | |
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PMID: 11856239 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To report on the occurrence of Enterococcus faecalis hospital isolates obtained during 1 year in hospitals in the Franche-Comté region of France. METHODS: Clinical isolates of E. faecalis of different antibiotic susceptibility phenotypes from hospitalized patients were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Patients with positive cultures were investigated by three case-control studies to identify risk factors for colonization/infection. RESULTS: The crude incidence of colonization/infection was 2.37%, and 4-day and 7-day colonization rates after admission were 10.0% and 6.36%, respectively. The rates of high-level resistance to kanamycin (HLKR) and to gentamicin (HLGR) were 47.1% and 7.1%, respectively. No isolate was resistant to glycopeptides or produced beta-lactamase. The 209 hospital isolates obtained during the study yielded 98 major DNA patterns, of which two were major epidemic patterns including HLKR isolates. No single factor was significantly associated with colonization/infection by HLKR isolates. The length of hospitalization before isolation was associated with colonization by HLGR isolates. CONCLUSIONS: The isolation frequency of E. faecalis strains with acquired resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics, and the wide dissemination of resistant strains with characteristics that allow them to persist and spread, argue for further large prospective surveys of clinical isolates of E. faecalis in hospitals. |
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Blandine Mulin; Pascale Bailly; Michelle Thouverez; Vincent Cailleaux; Christian Cornette; Marie-Jeanne Dupont; Daniel Talon; |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume: 5 ISSN: 1469-0691 ISO Abbreviation: Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Publication Date: 1999 Mar |
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Created Date: 2003-Mar-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9516420 Medline TA: Clin Microbiol Infect Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 149-157 Citation Subset: - |
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Service d'Hygiène Hospitalière et d'Epidémiologie Moléculaire, and. |
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