Identification and antibiotic resistance of faecal enterococci isolated from water samples

被引：37

作者：

Junco, MTT

Martín, MG

Toledo, MLP

Gómez, PL

Barrasa, JLM

机构：

[1] Univ Las Palmas, Fac Vet, Dept Microbiol, ES-35080 Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

[2] Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Fac Ciencias, Dept Microbiol, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain

[3] Serv Canario Salud, Tenerife, Spain

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | 2001年 / 203卷 / 04期

关键词：

faecal enterococci; high-level aminoglycoside resistance; glycopeptides; antibiotics; coastal water; wastewater;

D O I：

10.1078/1438-4639-00043

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We have isolated 47 strains of presumptive faecal streptococci from different water samples. Identification was made by the method of Facklam et al. (1989). Antibiotic resistance was studied on Mueller-Hinton Agar. Twelve antibiotics were tested. High-level aminoglycoside resistance (HLAR) and resistance to glycopeptides were studied. Biochemical identification of presumptive faecal streptococci isolates gave the following results: 19 Enterococcus faecalis, 12 E. faecium, 8 E. hirae, 4 E. durans and 4 E. mundtii. E. mundtii is not included among faecal enterococci. None of the strains were resistant to glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin). Three strains of Enterococci showed HLAR. Two of them were isolated from coastal bathing waters and the other from wastewater. This suggests that water could contribute to spread of HLAR enterococci and it should be a matter of concern for public health authorities.

引用

页码：363 / 368

页数：6

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