Two thousand one hundred and thirteen strains of enterococci isolated at Pisa General Hospital in 1998 were analysed retrospectively to determine their glycopeptide resistance. Of all the microorganisms isolated in this period, 14.7% were enterococci (1405 Enterococcus faecalis, 19 Enterococcus faecium, six Enterococcus avium and 683 Enterococcus spp.). Two hundred and thirty (10.8%) of these e...

The present study has focused on the occurrence of Enterococcus sp., Lactobacillus sp. and Staphylococcus sp., detected in faeces of healthy dogs, and their resistance to commonly used antibiotics. The average of the total count of enterococci reached 5.9 log10 + 1.2, that of lactobacilli 6.9 log10 + 1.6, and of staphylococci 2.4 log10 + 1.1. Among antibiotics tested, the highest resistance of ...

objective: vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) have emerged worldwide and have become an increasing problem in clinical settings. acquired glycopeptide resistance in enterococcus species is due to the acquisition of van a, van b, van d, van c and van e genes, resulting in the production of peptidoglycan precursors with reduced affinity for glycopeptide antibiotics. the origin of these van ge...

enterococci, as the major cause of nosocomial infections, have been shown to have an increase in drug resistance during the past two decades. theentrococcalemergence of vancomycin-resistant is very important nowadays. the purpose of this study was to determine the drug sensitivity of enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium species against vancomycin, tetracycline, gentamicin, erythromyci...

Coliforms, more recently fecal coliforms, and enterococci are often used to assess the hygienic quality of foods. Although these bacteria serve rather successfully as an index of fecal pollution of water supplies, their usefulness in measuring fecal pollution in foods is less than satisfactory. The ratio and correlation of coliforms and enterococci in fish-fillet and lobster-meat samples led us...