Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

Alexandre R Marra; Yvette Major; Michael B Edmond

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006

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Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

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Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

Alexandre R Marra, Yvette Major and Michael B Edmond

Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.44(5), pp.1915-1916

05/2006

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006

PMCID: PMC1479169

PMID: 16672440

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Abstract

Resistance to linezolid is rare in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. A strain resistant to this antimicrobial but susceptible to vancomycin was found to cause central venous catheter colonization in a patient who never received linezolid.

Linezolid

Enterococcus faecalis - pathogenicity

Enterococcus faecalis - drug effects

Humans

Bacteremia - drug therapy

Drug Resistance, Bacterial

Acetamides - pharmacology

Male

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - etiology

Bacteremia - microbiology

Enterococcus faecalis - isolation & purification

Oxazolidinones - pharmacology

Vancomycin - pharmacology

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology

Bacteremia - etiology

Aged

Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy

Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects

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Title: Subtitle: Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis
Creators: Alexandre R Marra - Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. a.marra@uol.com.br
Yvette Major
Michael B Edmond
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of clinical microbiology, Vol.44(5), pp.1915-1916
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006
PMID: 16672440
PMCID: PMC1479169
ISSN: 0095-1137
eISSN: 1098-660X
Language: English
Date published: 05/2006
Academic Unit: Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983905525702771

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