Enterococcus faecium in hospitals
| Autor: | J. J. Wade |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Enterococcus faecium Antibiotics Drug resistance Enterococcus faecalis Disease Outbreaks Microbiology Antibiotic resistance Medical microbiology Vancomycin Disease Transmission Infectious medicine Humans Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Cross Infection biology Nosocomial pathogens Drug Resistance Microbial General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification Drug Resistance Multiple Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Enterococcus Carrier State bacteria |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 16:113-119 |
| ISSN: | 1435-4373 0934-9723 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01709469 |
| Popis: | Most of the characteristics that have ensured the success of enterococci as nosocomial pathogens were described early in this century. Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis, the enterococci most frequently isolated from clinical material, differ fundamentally. The intrinsic antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus faecium, supplemented by acquired resistance mechanisms, can generate a glycopeptide-multiply-resistant nosocomial pathogen that survives on hands and in the environment, and has the potential for intra-hospital and inter-hospital spread. The use of terms such as 'an enterococcus', 'faecal streptococci' and 'group D streptococci' have hindered, and still hinder, our understanding of a species rapidly emerging as the most problematic of nosocomial pathogens. |
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