Table 1. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Enterococci isolates from cheeses in Turkey
Antibiotics1 | Number (%) of resistant strains
| Total (n=139) |
E. faecalis (n=85) | E. faecium (n=21) | E. gallinarum (n=18) | E. casseliflavis (n=4) | E. durans (n=7) | E. avium (n=4) |
TEC | 9 (10.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (6.5) |
VA | 3 (3.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.2) |
CN (120 μg) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.2) |
CN (10 μg) | 61 (71.8) | 7 (33.3) | 2 (11.1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 71 (51.1) |
K | 67 (78.8) | 21 (100.0) | 17 (94.4) | 4 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | 1 (25.0) | 117 (84.2) |
RD | 46 (54.1) | 14 (66.7) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (14.3) | 0 | 65 (46.8) |
TE | 40 (47.1) | 0 | 5 (27.8) | 1 (25.0) | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 47 (33.8) |
E | 8 (9.4) | 7 (33.3) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (11.5) |
MY | 84 (98.8) | 10 (47.6) | 18 (100.0) | 4 (100.0) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (100.0) | 123 (88.5) |
P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
AMP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
LZD | 6 (7.1) | 0 | 2 (11.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (5.8) |
QD | 55 (64.7) | 1 (4.8) | 2 (11.1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 59 (42.4) |
C | 4 (4.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 5 (3.6) |
S | 7 (8.2) | 0 | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (5.8) |
CIP | 0 | 3 (14.3) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.9) |