National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Enterococci are the most aerobic and facultative anaerobe, gram positive cocci. They constitute a part of normal intestinal flora. However they also occupy other sites such as oral cavity, skin etc. Enterococci, which earlier considered as low grade pathogens, has now emerged as one of the most important nosocomial pathogens worldwide and are associated with high mortality. Study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Jaipur (India) between December 2016 and December 2017. The isolated Enetrococci are then tested for routine antibiotics sensitivity by disc diffusion method including High level Gentamicin and Streptomycin disc. Further confirmation of High level Gentamicin and Streptomycin resistance by E-test (MIC). We consider MIC test as gold slandered method. A total 110 Enterococcus isolates are obtained from various clinical specimens such as Blood, Urine, Pus. Among 110 Enterococcus species, 78 species are Enterococcus faecalis and 32 species are Enterococcus faecium. Out of 110 Enterococcus isolates 36 (32.7%) are resistant to High level Gentamicin and 24 (21.8%) are resistant to High level streptomycin by disc diffusion method and by E-test High level Gentamicin was 41 (37.2%) and High level streptomycin was 27 (24.5%) found. Prevalence of HLAR is high and could be a serious problem in hospital setup, screening for high level aminoglycoside resistance must be included in routine antibiotic susceptibility reporting for Enterococcal isolates.
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