Nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a paediatric unit at a Turkish university hospital

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Ergani-Ozcan A., Naas T., Baysan B. O., Öğünç D., İnan D., ÇOLAK D., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, cilt.61, sa.5, ss.1033-1039, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1093/jac/dkn066
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1033-1039
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: VRE, vanA, Tn1546, MLST, VANA GLYCOPEPTIDE RESISTANCE, FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, TN1546-LIKE ELEMENTS, TYPING SCHEME, EPIDEMIOLOGY, TEICOPLANIN, GENOTYPE, SPREAD, GENES, DNA
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Despite growing concern about vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) as nosocomial pathogens, especially in the USA, they have been rarely isolated in Turkish hospitals. After initial description in 2001 of unrelated VRE isolates, we report now the molecular characterization of a nosocomial outbreak at the Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.