Nosocomial Infection
Enterococcal resistance patterns characterized
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 18th, 2003
"A retrospective survey of the isolation rate of Enterococcus avium during the period March 1994-February 2000 conducted in Laikon General Hospital using the WHONET software revealed a peak in the isolation rates of this species during March 1995-February 1996," according to J. Papaparaskevas and colleagues, Laikon General Hospital. "The ten strains isolated during this time were studied further."
"No glycopeptide resistance was detected but resistance to ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, gentamicin (high-level) and streptomycin (high-level)...
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