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Prevalence of enterococci and its antibiotic resistance in various clinical samples at tertiary care hospital in Southern Rajasthan, India

Background Enterococci has been emerging as a major cause of infection and gaining increasing clinical importance due to developing resistance to various antibiotics. Emergence of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in the recent past has been a concern. Aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of enterococci in tertiary care hospital in Southern Rajasthan, India and observe its antibiotic resistance pattern.

Methods Enterococci strains were isolated from various clinical samples by culture and biochemical methods and its antibiotic susceptibility testing was seen by Kirby Bauer method as per CLSI guidelines.

Results Out of 100 samples, 50% were isolated from urine samples followed by pus and blood. Resistance to all the drugs was observed with least towards Vancomycin (11%), followed by doxycycline (14%).

Conclusions The prevalence of multiple drug resistance enterococci with 11% VRE is observed in present study. The study emphasizes on invitro antibiotic susceptibility testing for clinical samples and also rational drug usage.