Annales de Biologie Clinique
MENUEmergence of glycopeptide resistant Enterococcus faecium in Algeria: a case report Volume 71, issue 1, Janvier-Février 2013
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Moufida Hamidi, Houria Ammari, Mohamed Ghaffor, Nabila Benamrouche, Hassiba Tali-Maamar, Farida Tala-Khir, Mokhtar Younsi, Kheira Rahal
Laboratoire central de biologie, CHU Béni-Messous, Alger, Algérie, Service de bactériologie médicale. Institut Pasteur, Alger, Algérie, Service de médecine interne, CHU Béni-Messous, Alger, Algérie
- Key words: Algeria, glycopeptide-resistant Enterococci, Enterococcus faecium, vanA gene
- DOI : 10.1684/abc.2012.0781
- Page(s) : 104-6
- Published in: 2013
A glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium (EFRG) was isolated from a wound in a patient hospitalized in a university hospital in Algiers. This strain was resistant to several antibiotics. This patient was carrying this strain in the digestive tract which may partly explain its origin. Genotypic comparison of the two strains by pulsed field gel electrophoresis showed that it was the same strain. Glycopeptide resistance was due to the presence of the vanA gene. Vigilance is required facing the emergence of strains of EFRG in our hospitals.