Table 4. Resistance of the four enterococcal species (n=60) to seven antibiotic agents.

	E. hirae		E. faecium		E. mundtii		E. durans		Total R
	n=45		n=15		n=2		n=2
	I	R	I	R	I	R	I	R
Pen	2	38	0	11	0	1	0	1	51 (85%)
Amp	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	9 (15%)
Van	2	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	9 (15%)
Tet	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4 (6.7%)
Cip	10	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	15 (25%)
Gena)	0	25	0	4	0	0	0	1	30 (50%)
Strb)	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	13 (21.7%)

a) high-level gentamycin resistance (500 µg/ml). b) high-level streptomycin resistance (1,000 µg/ ml).