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., ...More

JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, vol.61, no.5, pp.1033-1039, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/jac/dkn066
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1033-1039
  • Keywords: VRE, vanA, Tn1546, MLST, VANA GLYCOPEPTIDE RESISTANCE, FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, TN1546-LIKE ELEMENTS, TYPING SCHEME, EPIDEMIOLOGY, TEICOPLANIN, GENOTYPE, SPREAD, GENES, DNA
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.