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Abstract Enterococci are opportunistic bacteria that become pathogenic when they colonize niches where they are not normally found. Recently, they have become a major cause of nosocomial infections. This has been attributed, among other factors, to their broad natural and acquired resistance to antimicrobial agents, including glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin). The rapid increase of vancomycin resistance compromises physicians’ ability to treat infections caused by these strains because the therapeutic options for VRE infections are very limited. Enterococci have become major reservoir of antibiotic‐resistant genes and VRE a major cause of nosocomial infections especially of the bloodstream, urinary tract and surgical sites. This study was performed at Tanta University Hospitals to estimate the extent of spread of nosocomial enterococcal infection as well as VRE infection and to determine the susceptibility pattern of isolated enterococci against glycopeptides and other antimicrobials with detection of high level aminoglycosides resistant(HLAR) enterococci among the tested clinical isolates. In this study subjects were It included 112 (61 males and 51 females) hospitalized. |