Arockia Doss Susai Backiam, Senbagam Duraisamy, Palaniyandi Karuppaiya, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Balaji Chandrasekaran, Anbarasu Kumarasamy, Amutha Raju
This study explored the prevalence of multi-drug resistance and virulence factors of enterococcal isolates obtained from various clinical specimens ( n = 1575) including urine, blood, pus, tissue, catheter, vaginal wash, semen, and endotracheal secretions. Out of 862 enterococcal isolates, 388 (45%), 246 (29%), 120 (14%), and 108 (13%) were identified as Enterococcus faecalis , Enterococcus faecium , Enterococcus durans , and Enterococcus hirae , respectively, using standard morphological and biochemical methods...
May 29, 2023: Antibiotics