Τίτλος:
First cluster of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates in
Cyprus
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
This report describes the first patient in Cyprus to be infected with a
vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, as well as the microbiological
characteristics of a cluster of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
isolates from the intensive care unit where the index case was
hospitalised. All isolates were identified as Enterococcus faecalis,
belonged to the same clone, and contained the vanA gene cluster.
Transfer of glycopeptide resistance to a susceptible strain of E.
faecalis could not be detected.
Συγγραφείς:
Daikos, GL
Triantafyllopoulou, P
Syriopoulou, V and
Bakatzouni-Pieridou, D
Kontou, M
Theodoulou, M
Tofas, P and
Petrikkos, G
Περιοδικό:
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Εκδότης:
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Exeter, United Kingdom
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Cyprus; Enterococcus faecalis; glycopeptide resistance; resistance;
vanA; vancomycin resistance
DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01069.x
