TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence of vancomycin resistant entrococci and their phenotypes in intensive care unite patients JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 42 IS - Suppl 57 SP - P2199 AU - Mohammadali Saba AU - Marzieh Jabbari AU - Rezvan Moniri AU - Azam Ziluchian Moghadam AU - Ahmad Khorshidi Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P2199.abstract N2 - Background: Entrococci have progress to resistant to vancomycin in intensive care uints.We decided to determine the prevalence of these resistant entrococci and their phenotypes.Material&Methods:This is a cross section study to detect vancomycin resistant entrococci in intensive care units in a local hospital.A rectal swap used to take the bacterial sample.Results:Entrococci were detected in 135 out of 156 patients(86.5%).58 out of 135 entrococci sample were vancomycin resistant(42.9%).Of 58 sample 46(79.3%),10(17.2%) and 2(3.5%) ones had vancomycin A,B,C phenotype respectively.55 patients(94.8%) received vancomycin.There was a positive corelation between hospital days of admission and resistant status but it was not observed any association between corticosteroid use or diabetis melitus and resistancy.Conclusion:It seems vancomycin resistancy is prevalent among entrococci recovered from patients who admitted to intensive care units.A resistant entrococci may be detected when a patient has prolonged intensive care unit stay. ER -