Analysis of Demographic Profiles among Cases of Isolates of Enterococci at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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Introduction: Therapy for infections due to Vancomycinresistant Enterococci presents real challenge for the clinician.Despite increasing reports of VRE from different countries,there is a paucity of information on this issue from our country.Hence, the present study aims to study of demographic profileamong cases of isolates of Enterococci from various clinicalsamples of PBM and associated group of hospital SPMC,Bikaner up to the species level.Materials and Methods: The present descriptive study wascarried out in the Department of Microbiology, S.P.M.C.Bikaner over a period of one year. 194 isolates of Enterococcalwere obtained from various clinical samples of patientsattending P.B.M. Hospital, Bikaner.Results: The maximum number of samples (30.41%) wasisolated from patients in the 0-10 year age group. It should benoted that out of the 59 patients in this group, 21 (35.59%)were <1year old. The mean age of incidence of enterococcalinfections was 31.53 years. 21 babies included in the 0-10 yearage group were <1 year old. Out of the 194 enterococcalisolates, 79 (40.72%) were from female patients, and 115(59.28%) were from male patients.Conclusion: Majority of the isolates were from the pediatricage group as the maximum number of samples was isolatedfrom patients in the 0-10 year age group The E.faecium strainsshowed a higher percentage of resistance to all the antibioticstested, as compared to the E.faecalis strains.