Clinical studies and antibiotic sensitivities of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from complicated urinary tract infection

Abstract

We studied the epidemiologic characteristics of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from complicated urinary tract infection. In addition, isolates in the recent 3 years were tested for antibiotic sensitivity. The incidence of E. faecalis infection was 16.6%. The incidence was relatively higher in hospitalized patients, in patients with indwelling catheter and in polymicrobial infection, in comparison with other major urinary isolates. The majority of the isolates were sensitive to ampicillin, piperacillin, imipenem and panipenem. Among cephems, they were highly resistant to cefmetazole and ceftazidime, but were sensitive to the newer cephems, cefpirome and cefluprenam (E 1077). Some isolates were resistant to gentamicin and 3 new quinolones tested. All isolates were sensitive to vancomycin.