25Mar 2017

CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF ENTEROCOCCI AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN BHAVNAGAR, GUJARAT.

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Enterococcal infection is a life threatening systemic infection prevalent in developing countries like India and is a major public health problem.Enterococciare important nosocomial pathogen of human disease; second most common cause of nosocomial urinary tract and wound infections; third most common cause of nosocomial bacteremias. Because of their resistance to different antimicrobial agents these bacteria are often involved in serious super-infections among patients receiving broad-spectrum anti-microbial therapy. Correct diagnosis is crucial in proper management of Enterococcal infection, so laboratory tests are essential to establish identification of Enterococcal species. The study was conducted to isolate and characterize Enterococcus species from different clinical samples and to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing in all age groups and both genders. Out of 200 Enterococcal species isolated, 164 (82%) were E. faecalis and 34 (17%) were E. faecium; majority were isolated from urine (60%) and blood (35.5%); they showed more resistance to penicillin (92%), less resistance to vancomycin (1%) and no resistance to linezolid (0%).

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[Dhvani D. Parmar. (2017); CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF ENTEROCOCCI AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN BHAVNAGAR, GUJARAT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 777-781] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

DR. DHVANI D. PARMAR
Microbiology Department, Govt Medical College & Sir T Hospital, Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3571      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3571

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