Spread of an unusual penicillin- and imipenem-resistant but ampicillin-susceptible phenotype among Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Jan;57(1):158-60. doi: 10.1093/jac/dki427. Epub 2005 Nov 24.

Authors

Evgenia Metzidie, Evangelos N Manolis, Spyros Pournaras, Danai Sofianou, Athanassios Tsakris

PMID: 16308417
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki427

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ampicillin / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Greece
Hospitals, University
Humans
Imipenem / pharmacology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Penicillins / pharmacology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Penicillins
Imipenem
Ampicillin