We report the isolation of Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid from the tip of a thoracic drainage catheter in an elderly patient. He was treated with vancomycin for a pleural empyema due to a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but never received linezolid. A surveillance rectal swab yielded both linezolid-susceptible and -resistant strains, and the two isolates were not genotypically related. Careful monitoring for linezolid-resistance is critical to avoid potential therapy failure and transmission of resistant E. faecalis.
Colonisation of the tip of a thoracic catheter by Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid / Cian, F; Luzzati, Roberto; DEIANA M., L; Ferrantelli, N; Tonin, ENRICO ANGELO; Lagatolla, Cristina; Dolzani, Lucilla. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-2615. - STAMPA. - 58:(2009), pp. 1118-1121. [10.1099/jmm.0.008334-0]
Colonisation of the tip of a thoracic catheter by Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid
LUZZATI, ROBERTO;TONIN, ENRICO ANGELO;LAGATOLLA, CRISTINA;DOLZANI, LUCILLA
2009-01-01
Abstract
We report the isolation of Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and linezolid from the tip of a thoracic drainage catheter in an elderly patient. He was treated with vancomycin for a pleural empyema due to a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but never received linezolid. A surveillance rectal swab yielded both linezolid-susceptible and -resistant strains, and the two isolates were not genotypically related. Careful monitoring for linezolid-resistance is critical to avoid potential therapy failure and transmission of resistant E. faecalis.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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