High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran

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High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran Publisher Pubmed

Arshadi M¹ ; Douraghi M¹ ; Shokoohizadeh L² ; Moosavian SM³ ; Pourmand MR¹

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1. Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran
3. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Source: Microbial Pathogenesis Published:2017

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This study aimed at determining the prevalence, antibiotic resistance patterns, and genetic linkage of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) from different sources in the southwest of Iran. A total of 51 VREfm isolates were obtained and subjected to antibiotic susceptibility testing, carriage of virulence genes, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method. All the VRE isolates exhibited a high level of resistance to teicoplanin, ampicillin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, and gentamicin, also carried the vanA gene. A total of 59% and 34% of the VREfm strains harbored esp and hyl genes, respectively. The results from PFGE showed 31 PFGE patterns including 10 common types (CT) and 21 single types (ST) among the VRE isolates. Furthermore, isolates from different sources in each common type revealed cross transmission between clinical and environmental sources. Overall, the study showed a high prevalence of diverse VRE faecium strains with threatening resistance phenotypes in the environment and clinical sections among different ICU wards of Ahvaz hospitals. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

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MLA	Arshadi M, et al.. "High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran." Microbial Pathogenesis, vol. 111, no. , 2017, pp. 212-217.
APA	Arshadi M, Douraghi M, Shokoohizadeh L, Moosavian SM, Pourmand MR (2017). High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran. Microbial Pathogenesis, 111(), 212-217.
Chicago	Arshadi M, Douraghi M, Shokoohizadeh L, Moosavian SM, Pourmand MR. "High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran." Microbial Pathogenesis 111, no. (2017): 212-217.
Harvard	Arshadi M et al. (2017) 'High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran', Microbial Pathogenesis, 111(), pp. 212-217.
Vancouver	Arshadi M, Douraghi M, Shokoohizadeh L, Moosavian SM, Pourmand MR. High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran. Microbial Pathogenesis. 2017;111():212-217.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Arshadi M and Douraghi M and Shokoohizadeh L and Moosavian SM and Pourmand MR}, title = {High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran}, journal = {Microbial Pathogenesis}, volume = {111}, number = {}, pages = {212-217}, year = {2017} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Arshadi M AU - Douraghi M AU - Shokoohizadeh L AU - Moosavian SM AU - Pourmand MR TI - High Prevalence of Diverse Vancomycin Resistance Enterococcus Faecium Isolates in Clinical and Environmental Sources in Icu Wards in Southwest of Iran JO - Microbial Pathogenesis VL - 111 IS - SP - 212 EP - 217 PY - 2017 ER -

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