The first clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium with the VanA phenotype in a tertiary Greek hospital

Platsouka, E.; Dimopoulou, H.; Miriagou, Vivì; Paniara, Olga

doi:10.1093/jac/46.6.1039

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“…This antibiotic is widely used due to the success in the treatment of urinary tract infections. In 2000, a report in Greece showed that E. faecium had grater resistance to antibiotics (three times more) than Enterococcus faecalis (21).…”

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“…The extracellular surface protein (Esp), encoded by the esp gene, is a cell wall-associated protein which serves as adhesion for the pathogen to host tissue colonization and persistence in urinary tract infections (21),while aggregation substances encoded by asa1 are responsible for increased bacterial adhesion to renal tubular cells and heart endocardial cells (16).…”

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus spp. Isolated From Clinical Samples of Milad Hospital of Tehran, Iran

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Rahbar

et al. 2016

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Background: Enterococcus spp. are part of the normal flora of humans and animals. The nosocomial pathogenicity of Enterococcus spp. has emerged in recent years and has caused great concern due to developing of resistance to many antimicrobial agents. Objectives: The current study aimed to determine the resistance pattern and the type of virulence genes in Enterococcus spp. isolated from Milad hospital of Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: The current observational study was conducted from Apr 2014 to Feb 2015 on a total of 149 Enterococcus species isolated from Milad hospital in Tehran, Iran. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the bacteria was determined by the disc diffusion method for eight antibiotics. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of vancomycin was also done using agar-dilution assay by clinical and laboratory standards institute (CLSI) recommendations. The sodA, esp, cyl, ace and gelE genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Results: About 37.5%, 73%, 86.6%, 35.8%, 69%, 60.8%, 45% and 79% of the isolates were resistant to vancomycin, tetracycline, gentam-

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus spp. Isolated From Clinical Samples of Milad Hospital of Tehran, Iran

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Boustanshenas

Rahbar

et al. 2016

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“…In Greece, the first clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecium with the VanA phenotype was reported in 2000 (10). Introduction and dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) strains in two tertiary hospitals were also reported in the same year (3,9).…”

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Epidemiology and Molecular Analysis of Intestinal Colonization by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Greek Hospitals

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“…However, the possibility of dissemination through animal-based food products cannot be excluded (4,7). GRE isolates are only sporadically recovered in our region (5,14). We report the characteristics of an outbreak due to erythromycin-and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium (EGRE) isolates from a tertiary-care hospital in Greece.…”

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Dissemination of Clonally Unrelated Erythromycin- and Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates in a Tertiary Greek Hospital

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, 25 glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium (GRE) isolates were recovered from a Greek hospital. The isolates exhibited 13 distinct chromosomal macrorestriction types by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and all were erythromycin and vancomycin resistant, carrying the genes vanA and ermB. Vancomycin resistance, always linked with erythromycin resistance, was transferable from 17 isolates. The dissemination of erythromycin-resistant GRE strains may, at least in part, reflect the extensive use of macrolides in husbandry in Greece.

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The first clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium with the VanA phenotype in a tertiary Greek hospital

Cited by 7 publications

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus spp. Isolated From Clinical Samples of Milad Hospital of Tehran, Iran

Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus spp. Isolated From Clinical Samples of Milad Hospital of Tehran, Iran

Epidemiology and Molecular Analysis of Intestinal Colonization by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Greek Hospitals

Dissemination of Clonally Unrelated Erythromycin- and Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates in a Tertiary Greek Hospital

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