Outbreak of infections in a Greek University Hospital involving a single clone of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecalis

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作者：
Pournaras, S
Tsakris, A [1 ]
Kaufmann, ME
Douboyas, J
Antoniadis, A
机构：
[1] Aristotelian Univ Salonika, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
[2] AHEPA Univ Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Thessaloniki, Greece
[3] Cent Publ Hlth Lab, Lab Hosp Infect, London NW9 5HT, England
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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2000年 / 21卷 / 12期
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10.1086/501737
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Among 145 Enterococcus faecalis isolates recovered during a 15-month period (April 1997-June 1998) in AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, 94 (65%) exhibited high-level resistance to gentamicin or streptomycin and 61 (42%) to both aminoglycosides; 73% of the high-level aminoglycoside-resistant E faecalis isolates belonged to a single clone carrying the gene aac(6')-Ie-aph (2'')-Ia. These findings differ from those of other regions, where high-level aminoglycoside-resistance genes are dispersed into genetically unrelated strains.
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