Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Turkey

AŞGIN N., OTLU B.

INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE, vol.13, pp.191-198, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.2147/idr.s191081
  • Journal Name: INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.191-198
  • Keywords: antimicrobial resistance, Enterococcus faecium, gastrointestinal tract, linezolid resistance, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, VIRULENCE FACTORS, VANB GENES, FAECIUM, INFECTIONS, MECHANISMS, QUINUPRISTIN/DALFOPRISTIN, SUSCEPTIBILITY, PREVALENCE, DAPTOMYCIN, EMERGENCE
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become a global health threat in the last two decades. In this study, we aimed to determine antibiotic resistance using phenotypic and genotypic methods in VRE strains obtained from inpatients and to investigate clonal relatedness among strains.