Dissemination of Clonally Unrelated Erythromycin- and Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates in a Tertiary Greek Hospital
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- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (12), 4571-4574
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.12.4571-4574.2001
Abstract
Between September 1999 to February 2001, 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.Keywords
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