Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology (Mar 2019)

Phenotypic Investigation of Vancomycin, Teicoplanin and Linezolid Resistance Among Enterococcus spp. Isolated from Children Diarrhea

  • Hussein O. M. Al-Dahmoshi,
  • Hussein W. S. Rabeea,
  • Ali Saleem Abdulridha Aridhee,
  • Noor S. K. Al-Khafaji,
  • Mohammed H. Al-Allak,
  • Anwar M. Lazm,
  • Mohammed Sh. Jebur

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.13.1.59
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 531 – 536

Abstract

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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci(VRE) were common among Enterococcus. faecalis and Enterococcus faecium. Teicoplanin resistance or sensitivity can determine the VRE phenotypes whether VanA (VanR/TecR) or VanB (VanR/TecS). Linezolid resistance among VRE regards an newly emerged health problem. Infection with LRVRE or TRLRVRE pushan hazardous alert for hard to heal illness. Twenty eight Enterococcus spp. isolates were recovered from children diarrhea after their inoculation on m-EI chromogenic agar. Antibiotics susceptibility and phenotypic detection of antibiotics resistance were performed according to CLSI 2016. The results revealed 92.86% resistance to rifampin, 85.71% to erythromycin. VRE were 46.42%, TRE were 25% and LRE were 35.71% while co-existed resistance for Vancomycin/Teicoplanin/Linezolid(TRLRVRE) were detected 25% in. concern antibiotics resistant patterns, the MDR compile (85.7%) while XDR compile (10.7%) and there is no PDR among Enterococcus. spp. isolates were PDR. The presentstudy conclude that VanA and VanB phenotypes were common among MDR and XDR and although there is no using of linezolid but the emergence of TRLRVRE isolates were stated.

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