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Epidemiologic evaluation of antimicrobial resistance in community-acquired enterococci
J Silverman1, L A Thal, M B Perri
1Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|March 21, 1998
Abstract:
Fecal samples from 200 consecutive patients admitted to a community hospital yielded 107 enterococci. High-level gentamicin resistance occurred in 10 (14%) of the Enterococcus faecalis isolates. Ampicillin resistance occurred in two (3%) of the E. faecalis isolates and six (23%) of the Enterococcus faecium isolates. There were no vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Risk factors for enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside (gentamicin) or ampicillin resistance included prior hospitalization and previous antibiotic use.