incidence of high-level gentamicin resistance in enterococci at johannesburg hospital. | to document the incidence of high-level gentamicin resistance (hlgr) in enterococcal isolates at johannesburg hospital. | 1996 | 8955734 |
epidemiology of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci colonizing high-risk patients in hospitals in johannesburg, republic of south africa. | recent cases of infections caused by glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (gre) have highlighted the emergence of these organisms in the republic of south africa. during may 1998 we conducted a prevalence study in four hospitals in johannesburg and obtained 184 rectal swabs from patients identified as being at high risk for gre colonization. twenty enterococcal isolates showing various glycopeptide resistance genotypes were recovered: 3 enterococcus faecium vana isolates, 10 e. faecium vanb isolat ... | 2000 | 10655414 |
control of an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium in an oncology ward in south africa: effective use of limited resources. | an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) occurred in an adult oncology ward of a large teaching hospital in johannesburg, south africa. the outbreak strain was identified as an enterococcus faecium carrying the vana resistance genotype. macro-restriction analysis showed that the majority of strains were clonally related. modified infection control interventions were implemented and control of the outbreak was achieved. although the epidemiology of vre is well documented in europe, n ... | 2000 | 10772837 |