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Characterization, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and detection of beta-lactamases in Enterococci
Shamala Devi P1, P Sugandhi Rao, P G Shivananda
1Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology
|February 21, 2003
Abstract:
One hundred strains of Enterococci obtained from various clinical specimens over a period of six months were speciated of which 56 were E. faecalis and 44 were E. faecium. Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern showed 90% of them were resistant to penicillin and 20% of them were resistant to vancomycin. Comparative evaluation of Beta-lactamase production by iodometric method and cloverleaf method showed that the latter was cost effective and easy to perform for routine use.