Browsing by Subject "enterococci"

Comment on: Intensive care unit dissemination of multiple clones of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

Spiliopoulou, I.; Anastassiou, E. D.; Petinaki, E. (2012)

First report of a linezolid-resistant vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strain in Greece

Bersos, Z.; Maniati, M.; Kontos, F.; Petinaki, E.; Maniatis, A. N. (2004)

Increasing prevalence of high-level gentamicin resistance among enterococci isolated in Greece

Tsakris, A.; Pournaras, S.; Maniatis, A. N.; Douboyas, J.; Antoniadis, A. (2001)

High-level gentamicin-resistant enterococci (HLGRE) (MIC >512 mug/ml) were frequently recovered in the AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, during a 15-month period (67/158, 42.4%). PCR testing showed that ...

Intensive care unit dissemination of multiple clones of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

Ntokou, E.; Stathopoulos, C.; Kristo, I.; Dimitroulia, E.; Labrou, M.; Vasdeki, A.; Makris, D.; Zakynthinos, E.; Tsakris, A.; Pournaras, S. (2012)

Outbreaks caused by linezolid-resistant (LR) enterococci remain rare. We report the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of the multiclonal dissemination of LR enterococci in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a ...

Reduced susceptibility to quinupristin/dalfopristin in Enterococcus faecium in Greece without prior exposure to the agent

Karanika, M.; Prati, A.; Kiritsi, M.; Spiliopoulou, I.; Neonakis, I.; Anifantaki, M.; Petinaki, E. (2008)

During 2005-2006, a total of 865 Enterococcus faecium isolated from patients from eight Greek hospitals were tested for susceptibility to quinupristin/dalfopristin (Q/D). Among them, 250 genetically unrelated strains (28.9%) ...

Spread of an unusual penicillin- and imipenem-resistant but ampicillin-susceptible phenotype among Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates

Metzidie, E.; Manolis, E. N.; Pournaras, S.; Sofianou, D.; Tsakris, A. (2006)