| enterococcus gallinarum carrying the vana gene cluster: first report in brazil. | in 2000, enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin was first reported at a tertiary hospital in porto alegre, southern brazil. the resistance spread to other hospitals and surveillance programs were established by hospital infection committees to prevent the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. in february 2002, an isolate initially identified at the genus level as enterococcus was obtained by surveillance culture (rectal swab) from a patient admitted to a hospital for treatment of se ... | 2004 | 15517083 |
| genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of enterococcal isolates from southern region of brazil. | in the present study, a total of 455 enterococcal isolates, recovered from patients living in the city of porto alegre, state of rio grande do sul, brazil, during the period from july 1996 to june 1997, were identified to the species level by conventional biochemical and microbiological tests, and assayed for their susceptibilities to antimicrobial agents. the genetic diversity of antimicrobial resistant strains was evaluated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) analysis of smai restricted ... | 2006 | 16547573 |