Epidemiology and molecular analysis of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in greek hospitals
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Gikas, A.
Christidou, A.
Scoulica, E.
Nikolaidis, P.
Skoutelis, A.
Levidiotou, S.
Kartali, S.
Maltezos, E.
Metalidis, S.
Kioumis, J.
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J Clin Microbiol
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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.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology, Bacterial Proteins/genetics, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Enterococcus faecalis/drug effects/*genetics, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/*epidemiology, Greece/epidemiology, Hospitals, District, Hospitals, University, Humans, Molecular Epidemiology, Peptide Synthases/genetics, Random Allocation, Vancomycin/pharmacology, Vancomycin Resistance/genetics
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16272524
http://jcm.asm.org/content/43/11/5796.full.pdf
http://jcm.asm.org/content/43/11/5796.full.pdf
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής