Volume : 3, Issue : 3, March - 2014

Prevalence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in Various Clinical Specimens in Tertiary Care Hospital in North Delhi

Swati Chaudhary, Swastika Aggarwal, Pawan Kumar, Sk Aggarwal, Fc Garg

Abstract :

 Emergence of Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is becoming a major problem in hospitals worldwide. This study was aimed to determine the occurrence, species prevalence and antibacterial resistance of Enterococci isolated in Jaipur Golden hospitals, Delhi. Sixty isolates of enterococcal species were recovered from various clinical samples and dentified to species level and were found to consist of E. faecalis (46.6%), E. faecium (35%), E. gallinarum (10%), E. avium (1.6%), E. hirae (1.6%), E. caecorum (1.6%), E. amnioenus (1.6%) and E. casseliflavus (1.6%) species. VRE accounted for 11.6% of the isolates and out of them 71.4% were E. faecium and 28.6% were E. gallinarum detected in urine, and blood specimens. seven (11.6%) out of 60 isolates were found to be VRE. This study illustrates the emergence of multidrug resistant enterococci along with increased rate of VRE. Thus there is a need for routine screening of bacterial isolates from clinical samples for VRE and regular surveillance should be conducted for the determination of risk factors.