Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2014
Prevalence of High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance of Enterococci in Various Clinical Specimens From A Tertiary Care Hospital of North Delhi.
Swati Chaudhary, Swastika Aggarwal, Pawan Kumar, Sk Aggarwal, Fc Garg
Abstract :
Enterococcus is the opportunistic pathogens, exhibits intrinsic resistance to a number of antimicrobial agents in addition to acquired multidrug resistance. The present study was conducted to determine enterococci exhibiting high–level aminoglycoside resistance in a tertiary care hospital. Enterococci were isolated from various clinical specimens and identified to the species level. High–level resistance (HLR) to gentamicin and streptomycin was determined by the clinical ATB ENTROC 5 strip, semi– automated system mini API method. Beta–lactamase production was detected using chromogenic method. Out of 60 enterococci isolates, 73.3% were found to have HLR to both streptomycin and gentamicin in which HLR to streptomycin was most common (95%). None of them produced beta–lactamase. Therefore, there is an urgent need for more minimal and restricted use of antimicrobials in to minimize the spread of such strains.
Keywords :
Enterococci high level aminoglycosides high level streptomycin resistance high level gentamicin resistance
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Swati Chaudhary, Swastika Aggarwal, Pawan Kumar, SK Aggarwal, FC Garg Prevalence of High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance of Enterococci in Various Clinical Specimens From A Tertiary Care Hospital of North Delhi. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2014
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Swati Chaudhary, Swastika Aggarwal, Pawan Kumar, SK Aggarwal, FC Garg Prevalence of High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance of Enterococci in Various Clinical Specimens From A Tertiary Care Hospital of North Delhi. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2014
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