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11320453

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program, a total of 4998 strains of enterococci isolated from 1997 to 1999 were processed. The occurrence of enterococcal infections by species and site of infection was analyzed, as were the occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and their resistance phenotypes and genotypes. Trends in antimicrobial susceptibility to a variety of agents (including experimental compounds) were also reported. Enterococci accounted for >9% of isolates from all bloodstream infections (BSIs) in North America. Ampicillin was active against strains from Latin America and Europe but not against those from the United States and Canada. US isolates were considerably more resistant to vancomycin (17% resistant strains in 1999) than were those from patients in the rest of the world. The highest proportion of VRE was observed among BSI isolates (81.7%). Quinupristin-dalfopristin, chloramphenicol, and doxycycline were the most active agents tested against VRE. The results of this study confirm the worldwide trend in increasing occurrence of enterococci and the emerging pattern of antimicrobial resistance among such isolates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1058-4838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
32 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S133-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and geographic resistance patterns of enterococci: results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997-1999.
pubmed:affiliation
Mount Sinai Hospital and Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article