enterococci are gram positive and catalase- negative cocci that are found in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals and birds, and are readily isolated from soil, surface and waters. the aim of this study was to discriminate between enterococcus isolates based on repetitive element sequence based –pcr (rep-pcr) with the boxa2r primer and their antibiotics profile. enterococci isolates were obtai...

The aim of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial resistance in canine staphylococci, Escherichia coli and enterococci, which were isolated from 22 dogs with pyoderma and a history of previous antibiotic treatment, compared to bacterial isolates from 56 non-treated control dogs. Two isolates of each bacterial species per dog were investigated, if detected. Staphylococcal isolates from dogs wi...

three experiments were carried out for isolation of bacteriophage against growth reducing enterococcus faecalis and evaluation of its efficacy to control enterococci colonization in intestine of japanese quails. in experiment one, 60 enterococci spp were isolated from gastrointestinal contents of adult quails, which among them seven isolates were selected based on preliminary tests. in experime...

AbstractThis study was conducted to isolate enterococci from dogs in Nigeria, and determine the potential virulence, antibiotic susceptibility, phenotypic vancomycin (VAN), high-level ampicillin (AMP) aminoglycosides susceptibility profile of isolates. Rectal swabs were collected 295 randomly-selected, clinically-healthy dogs. The isolation done using Slanetz Bartley enterococcal selective medi...

Enterococci are increasingly responsible for nosocomial infections worldwide. This study was undertaken to compare the identification and susceptibility profile using an automated MicrosScan system, PCR-based assay and disk diffusion assay of Enterococcus spp. We evaluated 30 clinical isolates of Enterococcus spp. Isolates were identified by MicrosScan system and PCR-based assay. The detection ...

Although imipenem is not a first-line drug for treating enterococcal infection, it could well become a useful drug for treating mixed infections that include enterococci. However, there is no NCCLS guideline for susceptibility testing of imipenem versus enterococci. Moreover, there are no statements to indicate that in vitro susceptibility results for other antimicrobial agents can be used to p...

enterococci, as the major cause of nosocomial infections, have been shown to have an increase in drug resistance during the past two decades. theentrococcalemergence of vancomycin-resistant is very important nowadays. the purpose of this study was to determine the drug sensitivity of enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium species against vancomycin, tetracycline, gentamicin, erythromyci...

The in vitro activity of telavancin was tested against 620 gram-positive isolates. For staphylococci, MICs at which 50 and 90% of isolates were inhibited (MIC(50) and MIC(90)) were both 0.25 microg/ml, irrespective of methicillin resistance. MIC(50) and MIC(90) were 0.25 and 0.5 microg/ml for vancomycin-susceptible enterococci and 1 and 2 microg/ml for vancomycin-resistant enterococci, respecti...

Enterococci are part of the endogenous flora of human beings, are naturally resistant to several classes of antimicrobials, and are able to acquire resistance with relative ease. Currently the vancomycin-resistant enterococci are spread all over the world and treatment options for infections caused by it are often extremely limited. We assessed 193 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis iso...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Enterococci are important nosocomial agents and serious infections caused by them are often treated with a combination of cell wall inhibitor and aminoglycoside. However, the presence of high level aminoglycoside resistance in these isolates makes this treatment combination ineffective. The prevalence of such isolates in a tertiary care set up has important diagnostic an...