Isolation of Enterococci in Women and Antibiogram in Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital
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2017
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Educational Society for Excellence
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Background: Enterococci are gram positive bacteria under family enterococcaceae which occur in pairs or short chains. Aim of the study: The study was conducted on women who are attending to antenatal outpatient department for routine Antenatal / Postnatal checkups and admitted patients with symptomatic bacteriuria and asymptomatic bacteriuria over a period of four years. Materials and methods: This study was done in GMH Sultan Bazar during year January 2011 to December 2015. Socio-demographics and other independent variables were collected from each study participants by using self-structured questionnaire. Data collection was done by principal investigator under the supervision of the advisors. Results: Out of 1544 samples of urine Enterococci was isolated in 80 samples as pure form and as mixture form along with Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Proteus species. Age 20-30 years were most common effected. Conclusion: Though in various studies the resistance of Enterococci to glycopeptide and vancomycin is reported 1-3% and 11-13%, in our study the Enterococci are 99.75% sensitive to vancomycin which is not routinely used and they are resistant to commonly used penicillin, Methicillin and cephalosporins.
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Enterococci, Antibiogram, Minimal inhibitory concentration
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Vijayalaxmi P, Saroja Adapa.. Isolation of Enterococci in Women and Antibiogram in Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Jun; 4(6): 60-63