Resistant enterococci: prevalence and factors associated with colonization in a Turkish university hospital.

Abstract

The prevalence of high level aminoglycoside-resistant (HLAR) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci were investigated in this study. Enterococci were isolated from 264 of all specimens (70.9%). Thirty strains were identified as high level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci (11.4%). Vancomycin resistant enterococcus has not been isolated in this study.