Abstract
Enterococci form a part of normal flora of intestinal tract, oral cavity and vagina, but in recent times they have become emerging nosocomial pathogens. Enterococcus species have emerged as an important pathogen for urinary tract infections, hepatobiliary sepsis, endocarditis, surgical wound infection, bacteremia and neonatal sepsis. The therapeutic failures in Enterococcal infections are mainly due to the development of antibiotic resistance. The main aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of the Enterococcus infection and to determine the antibiogram in a tertiary care hospital.94 strains of Enterococci are collected and characterized from various clinical specimens from Medical College Hospital and SreeAvittom Thirunal (SAT) Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram The most common human species isolated were Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium. Enterococcal strains resistant to Ampicillin, Erythromycin and Vancomyin were isolated during the study.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Ragi.R.G
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i10.35
