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Abstract
Enterococci are opportunistic bacteria that become pathogenic
when they colonize niches where they are not normally found.
Recently, they have become a major cause of nosocomial infections.
This has been attributed, among other factors, to their broad natural
and acquired resistance to antimicrobial agents, including
glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin). The rapid increase of
vancomycin resistance compromises physicians’ ability to treat
infections caused by these strains because the therapeutic options for
VRE infections are very limited. Enterococci have become major
reservoir of antibiotic‐resistant genes and VRE a major cause of
nosocomial infections especially of the bloodstream, urinary tract
and surgical sites.
This study was performed at Tanta University Hospitals to
estimate the extent of spread of nosocomial enterococcal infection as
well as VRE infection and to determine the susceptibility pattern of
isolated enterococci against glycopeptides and other antimicrobials
with detection of high level aminoglycosides resistant(HLAR)
enterococci among the tested clinical isolates.
In this study subjects were
It included 112 (61 males and 51 females) hospitalized.