Susceptibility of Enterococcus Strains to High Level Aminoglycoside, and Heavy Metals
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Objectives: Investigation of the resistance to high level aminoglycoside (HLA), and heavy metals; lead (Pb 2+ ), cadmium (Cd 2+ ), mercury ( Hg 2+ ), arsenic (As 5+ ), in 39 Enterococcus strains isolated from stool and rectal swabs of hospitalized patients. Eleven out of 39 strains were resistant to vancomycin (Van) and teicoplanin (Tec) (VRE), nine of them were resistant to Van and 19 of them were susceptible to all glicopeptides (VSE).
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