Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Biofilm Producing Enterococcus Faecalis Isolated From Clinical Samples

Manpreet Kour, I Soni, Rajni Sharma

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The aim of the study is to evaluate Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Biofilm producing Enterococcus faecalis isolated from Clinical Samples. For detection of Antimicrobial Susceptibility 198 clinical isolates of E. faecalis were tested for antibiotic susceptibility by Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method (CLSI, 2007).The isolates from clinical samples were tested for sensitivity to clinically attainable levels of six antibiotics viz. Vancomycin, Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol, Rifampicin, Gentamicin and Teicoplanin. Out of the 198 Enterococcus faecalis 48.28% resistant to Rifampicin (30µg/ml), 50.32% resistant to Gentamicin (10µg/ml),45.12% resistant to Chloramphenicol (30µg/ml) and 63.19% sensitive to Vancomycin (10µg/ml), 55.26% sensitive to Teicoplanin (30µg/ml), 52.84% sensitive to Ampicillin (10µg/ml). During observation it was seen that E. faecalis showed maximum sensitivity to Vancomycin and maximum resistance to Gentamicin

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Manpreet Kour,I Soni,Rajni Sharma Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Biofilm Producing Enterococcus Faecalis Isolated From Clinical Samples Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 11 November 2014

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