PT Journal
AU Kolar, M
   Vagnerova, I
   Latal, T
   Kohnova, I
TI OCCURRENCE OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI IN RELATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF GLYCOPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS
SO Biomedical papers
PY 1999
VL 142
IS 1
DE Vancomycin-resistant enterococci / Administration of glycopeptide antibiotics
AB Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and its relationship to the administration of glycopeptideantibiotics (vancomycin, teicoplanin) was described. A total number of 628 strains of the genus Enterococcus wasisolated in the Hemato-oncologic Department of the University Hospital in Olomouc in 1997. Seven strains (1.1 %)were found to be resistant to vancomycin. Five of them were identified as Enterococcus faecalis of phenotype VanB,and two strains as E. faecium of phenotype VanA. The administration of vancomycin and teicoplanin in theHemato-oncologic Department amounted to 85.7 % and 89.2 %, respectively, of the total consumption of thesedrugs at the University Hospital.
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