@article{PAR00014574,
  title = {{L}ow level of resistance in enterococci isolated in four hospitals, {M}arseille, {F}rance},
  author = {{A}bat, {C}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {R}olain, {J}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}nterococci are gram-positive cocci responsible for various infections worldwide, and their prevalence of antibiotic resistance greatly varies worldwide. {T}his study investigates the prevalence of resistance to antibiotics in enterococci from patients admitted in the four university hospitals of {M}arseille between {J}anuary 2013 and {S}eptember 2014. {T}wo thousand nine hundred seventy-six patients-bacteria couples were identified (2,507 {E}nterococcus faecalis and 469 {E}nterococcus faecium) in the four university hospitals of {M}arseille. 1.3%, 8.9%, 1.4%, and 0% of {E}. faecalis strains were resistant to amoxicillin, gentamicin, teicoplanin, and vancomycin, respectively, and 83.9%, 49.2%, 1.3%, and 0.2% of {E}. faecium strains were resistant to amoxicillin, gentamicin, teicoplanin, and vancomycin, respectively. {R}esistance to aminoglycosides and vancomycin in strains isolated from blood cultures was significantly lower than that of most {E}uropean countries included in the 2012 {E}uropean {A}ntimicrobial {R}esistance {S}urveillance {N}etwork report. {O}ur low percentage of antibiotic resistance in enterococci is likely due to a low level of {E}. faecium infections, underlining the need to implement surveillance systems, especially to monitor the {E}. faecalis/{E}. faecium ratio evolution in blood cultures and others.},
  keywords = {{FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}icrobial {D}rug {R}esistance},
  volume = {22},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {218--222},
  ISSN = {1076-6294},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1089/mdr.2015.0121},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00014574},
}