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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1998, p. 830-832, Vol. 36, No. 3
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Epidemiologic Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Community-Acquired Enterococci

J. Silverman,1,2 L. A. Thal,1 M. B. Perri,1 G. Bostic,1 and M. J. Zervos1,2,*

Departments of Medicine and Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak,1 and Wayne State University, Detroit,2 Michigan

Received 12 June 1997/Returned for modification 31 July 1997/Accepted 2 December 1997

Fecal samples from 200 consecutive patients admitted to a community hospital yielded 107 enterococci. High-level gentamicin resistance occurred in 10 (14%) of the Enterococcus faecalis isolates. Ampicillin resistance occurred in two (3%) of the E. faecalis isolates and six (23%) of the Enterococcus faecium isolates. There were no vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Risk factors for enterococci with high-level aminoglycoside (gentamicin) or ampicillin resistance included prior hospitalization and previous antibiotic use.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073. Phone: (248) 551-0419. Fax: (248) 551-8880. E-mail: MZervos{at}SMTPGW.Beaumont.Edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1998, p. 830-832, Vol. 36, No. 3
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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