In vitro susceptibility of Enterococcus strains to high level aminoglycosides and heavy metals;Enterokok suşlarinin yüksek düzeyde aminogli kozidlere ve aǧir metallere karşi in vitro duyarliliklarinin araştirilmasi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-551

  Nakipoǧlu, Yaşar ^a   Gümüş, Defne ^a   Sertel, Deniz Şelale ^a   Küçüker, Mine Ang ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Glycopeptide; Heavy metal; High level aminoglycoside; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECTUM;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; HUMANS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECTUM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 73249129597     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. th ed. Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia.
2. Huycke MM, Sahm DF, Gilmore MS. Multiple-drug resistant enterococci: the nature of the problem and an agenda for the future. Emerg Infect Dis 1998;4:239-48.
3. Sümerkan B. Vankomisine Dirençli Enterokoklar. Sterilizasyon, Dezenfeksiyon, Hastane Enfeksiyonlari 2002 Kongre Kitabi. Samsun Infeksiyon Hastaliklari ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Araştirmalari Derneǧi, Simad Yayinlari, Samsun.
4. Marothi YA, Agnihotri H, Dubey D. Enterococcal resistance-an overview. Indian J Med Microbiol 2005;23:214-9.
5. Ugur A, Ceylan O. Occurrence of resistance to antibiotics, metals, and plasmids in clinical strains of Staphylococcus spp. Arch Med Res 2003;34:130-6.
6. Trajanovska S, Britz ML, Bhave M. Detection of heavy metal ion resistance gene in gram-positive and gramnegative bacteria isolated from a lead-contaminated site. Biodegradation 1997;8:113-24.
7. th Informational Supplement. CLSI Document M100-S18. 2008. CLSI, Wayne, PA.
8. th ed. CLSI, Wayne, PA.
9. Nieto JJ, Ventosa A, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Susceptibility of Halobacteria to heavy metals. Appl Environ Microbiol 1987;53:1199-202.
10. Kimiran-Erdem A, Arslan EO, Sanli Yurudu N, Zeybek Z, Dogruoz N, Cotuk A. Isolation and identification of enterococci from seawater samples: assessment of their resistance to antibiotics and heavy metals. Environ Monit Assess 2007;125:219-28.
11. Tolun V, Törümküney D, Susever S ve ark. Metisiline dirençli Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) suşlarinin faj tipleri, siderofor sentez yetenekleri, antibiyotiklere ve aǧir metallere duyarliliklan. Türk Mikrobiyoloji Cem Derg 2001;31:143-8.
12. Abou-Shanab RA, van Berkum P, Angle JS. Heavy metal resistance and genotypic analysis of metal resistance genes in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria present in Ni-rich serpentine soil and in the rhizosphere of Alyssum murale. Chemosphere 2007;68:360-7.
13. Calomiris JJ, Armstrong JL, Seidler RJ. Association of metal tolerance with multiple antibiotic resistance of bacteria isolated from drinking water. Appl Environ Microbiol 1984;47:1238-42.
14. Timoney JF, Port J, Giles J, Spanier J. Heavy metal and antibiotics resistance in the bacterial flora of the sediments of New York Bight. Appl Environ Microbiol 1978;36:465-72.
15. Novick RP, Roth C. Plasmid-linked resistance to inorganic salts in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1335-42.
16. Silver S, Phung LT. Bacterial heavy metal resistance: new surprises. Annu Rev Microbiol 1996;50:753-89.
17. Davis IJ, Roberts AP, Ready D, Richards H, Wilson M, Mullany P. Linkage of a novel mercury resistance operon with streptomycin resistance on a conjugative plasmid in Enterococcus laecium. Plasmid 2005;54:26-38.