We determined the antibiotic susceptibilities of 1,785 enterococcal bloodstream isolates collected over 25 years. Antibiotic resistance emerged at a greater rate in Enterococcus faecium than in other enterococcal species, and E. faecium isolates became proportionally more common over time. Our findings confirm the pattern of emerging antibiotic resistance among enterococci and highlight the inc...

INTRODUCTION Patients with CF experience pulmonary exacerbations. These are often initially empirically treated with intravenous antibiotics, with antibiotic choice refined after susceptibility testing. METHODS We completed a 5-year retrospective review of children attending the Paediatric CF Unit, Nottingham. The respiratory sampling, antibiotic prescribing and susceptibility testing guidanc...

conclusions shedding of l. monocytogenes in different animal species, and different samples are different. due to antibiotic resistance, especially in l. monocytogenes, veterinarians should pay more attention to prescribe antibiotics. we recommend using the real-time pcr for safe, sensitive, and rapid detection of l. monocytogenes in clinical samples, and using the disk diffusion methods to pre...