Research Article: Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns and Colonization Risk Factors Among HIV-Positive Patients in Health-Care Facilities in Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia
Abstract:
Enterococci are normally present as colonizers in the intestinal tract of humans and animals, and can be recovered from feces in large quantities. Enterococci are ubiquitous Gram-positive cocci, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming, facultative anaerobic organisms that belong to the Lancefield group D streptococci which were originally classified as enteric Gram-positive cocci and later included in the genus Streptococcus.
Introduction:
Enterococci are normally present as colonizers in the intestinal tract of humans and animals, and can be recovered from feces in large quantities. Enterococci are ubiquitous Gram-positive cocci, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming, facultative anaerobic organisms that belong to the Lancefield group D streptococci which were originally classified as enteric Gram-positive cocci and later included in the genus Streptococcus.
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