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Low prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in clinical samples from hospitalized patients of the Canary Islands, Spain
Pérez-Hernández, Xiomara; Méndez-Álvarez, Sebatián; Delgado, Teresa; Moreno, Antonio; Reyes-Darias, José Antonio; Sierra López, Antonio; Villar, Jesús; González, Agustín; Martín Sánchez, Antonio Manuel; Macía, Manuel; Claverie-Martín, Félix.
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  • Pérez-Hernández, Xiomara; Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra de Candelaria. Research Unit. Tenerife. España
  • Méndez-Álvarez, Sebatián; University of La Laguna. Department of Cellular Biology and Microbiology. La Laguna. Spain
  • Delgado, Teresa; Canarian University Hospital. Microbiology Service. Tenerife. Spain
  • Moreno, Antonio; Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra d eCandelaria. Nephrology Service. La Laguna. Spain
  • Reyes-Darias, José Antonio; Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra de Candelaria. Research Unit. Tenerife. España
  • Sierra López, Antonio; Canarian University Hospital. Microbiology Service. Tenerife. Spain
  • Villar, Jesús; Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra de Candelaria. Research Unit. Tenerife. España
  • González, Agustín; Hospital Dr. Negrín. Microbiology Service. Gran Canarias. Spain
  • Martín Sánchez, Antonio Manuel; Hospital Insular. Microbiology Service. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain
  • Macía, Manuel; Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra de Candelaria. Research Unit. Tenerife. España
  • Claverie-Martín, Félix; Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra de Candelaria. Research Unit. Tenerife. España
Int. microbiol ; 5(3): 117-120, sept. 2002. tab
Article en En | IBECS | ID: ibc-23284
Biblioteca responsable: ES1.1
Ubicación: ES1.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Over the last decade vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have emerged as nosocomial pathogens. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of VRE in clinical samples from hospitalized patients in the Canary Islands. From April to November 2000, 437 enterococci were isolated from patients hospitalized at the four main health care centers in those islands. Identification to the species level was performed with the GPS-TA (Vitek 1) or the Wider I system. A PCR assay was used to determine the genotype of glycopeptide resistance ( vanA, vanB, vanC1, and vanC2/C3 genes). Only three (0.7%) VRE were detected one vanA Enterococcus faecalis, and two vanC1 Enterococcus gallinarum. To our knowledge, this is the first VRE study carried out in the Canary Islands hospitals, and the results showed a low prevalence of VRE (AU)
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Colección: 06-national / ES Base de datos: IBECS Asunto principal: Staphylococcus aureus / Resistencia a la Meticilina / Enterococcus / Resistencia a la Vancomicina Tipo de estudio: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Int. microbiol Año: 2002 Tipo del documento: Article
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Colección: 06-national / ES Base de datos: IBECS Asunto principal: Staphylococcus aureus / Resistencia a la Meticilina / Enterococcus / Resistencia a la Vancomicina Tipo de estudio: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Int. microbiol Año: 2002 Tipo del documento: Article