Publications

[an outbreak of vana genotype enterococcus faecium in pediatric clinic of a training hospital].	vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) have been increasingly reported from most countries around the world following initial isolation from patients in united states and european countries. a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (vref) outbreak was determined by hospital infection control committee in the pediatric unit of gulhane military medical academy, ankara, turkey in the first week of march 2008. while one of the 4 vref strains was isolated from urine culture of a patient with neuro ...	2009	19795611
[phenotypic and genotypic traits of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a public hospital: the first vanb-positive enterococcus faecium isolates].	thirty eight vancomycin resistant enterococci (vre) were isolated in one year surveillance study for hospital infection control programme in a state hospital in ankara, turkey. all isolates were identified as enterococcus faecium by vitek2 system (biomerieux, france). vancomycin and teicoplanin resistant 30 strains were defined as vana phenotype while vancomycin-resistant teicoplanin-susceptible eight strains were defined as vanb phenotype. vana genes were found in 30 strains while vanb genes we ...	2012	22639316