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November 25, 2025

Emergence of multidrug-resistant uropathogenic Enterococcus species in eastern India: A growing clinical challenge

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AKAvinash KumarSDSangeeta DattaBCBiswaroop Chatterjee

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Cross-sectional study reveals high vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium from urinary tract infections, indicating urgent need for stewardship programs.

Key Points

  • To determine prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Enterococcus species in urinary tract infections.
  • Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of 2,248 urine samples at a tertiary care hospital.
  • Identification and speciation of Enterococcus isolates using standard microbiological procedures.
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing performed using MicroScan WalkAway® plus.
  • Enterococcus spp. were found in 19% of culture-positive urinary tract infections.
  • E. faecalis was the predominant species (62%), followed by E. faecium (38%).
  • 39.3% of E. faecium and 19.6% of E. faecalis isolates were vancomycin-resistant.

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Kumar et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692502be87af00ed34ac239bhttps://doi.org/10.22034/jpcm.2025.541269.1247
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