Enterococcus faecium: Its Clinical Distribution and Drug Resistance / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical distribution and antibiotic resistance of Enterococcus faecium in our hospital and provide the reference for the clinical treatment. METHODS The statistical method was used to analyze the status of drug resistance of 519 E. faecium strains which were isolated form our hospital from Jun 2006 to May 2008. RESULTS Among 519 isolated E. faecium strains, most common sources of specimens were urine (34.9%), sputum(26.8%) and feces (18.3%); E. faecium infection mainly distributed at ICU, respiratiory wards and EICU; E. faecium was resistant to multiple antibiotics. The drug-resistant rates to vancomycin and teicoplanin were 6.2% and 3.2%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS E. faecium could cause various infection, and has a high antibiotic resistance which is difficult to treat, we should be paid high clinical attention.