Epidemiology and Molecular Analysis of Intestinal Colonization by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Greek Hospitals

Epidemiology and Molecular Analysis of Intestinal Colonization by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Greek Hospitals

From 1,246 specimens collected from 13 Greek hospitals, 266 vancomycin-resistant enterococci strains were isolated from 255 patients (20.5%). The VanA phenotype was present in 82 (30.8%) strains, the VanB phenotype in 17 (6.4%) strains, the VanC1 phenotype in 152 (57.1%) strains, and the VanC2/C3 ph...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2005-11, Vol.43 (11), p.5796-5799
Hauptverfasser: Gikas, Achilleas, Christidou, Athanasia, Scoulica, Efstathia, Nikolaidis, Paulos, Skoutelis, Athanasios, Levidiotou, Stamatina, Kartali, Sofia, Maltezos, Efstratios, Metalidis, Simeon, Kioumis, John, Haliotis, George, Dima, Sofia, Roumbelaki, Maria, Papageorgiou, Nikoleta, Kritsotakis, Evangelos I, Tselentis, Yannis
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Sprache:eng
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Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Enterococcus faecalis - drug effects
Enterococcus faecalis - genetics
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Greece - epidemiology
Hospitals, District
Hospitals, University
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Molecular Epidemiology
Peptide Synthases - genetics
Random Allocation
Vancomycin - pharmacology
Vancomycin Resistance - genetics
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Zusammenfassung:From 1,246 specimens collected from 13 Greek hospitals, 266 vancomycin-resistant enterococci strains were isolated from 255 patients (20.5%). The VanA phenotype was present in 82 (30.8%) strains, the VanB phenotype in 17 (6.4%) strains, the VanC1 phenotype in 152 (57.1%) strains, and the VanC2/C3 phenotypes in 15 (5.6%) strains. When only VanA and VanB phenotypes were considered, the overall prevalence was 7.5%. Eighty-six isolates exhibiting the VanA or VanB phenotype were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and 46 PFGE groups were found.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.43.11.5796-5799.2005