scholarly journals Clinical epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus casseliflavus bloodstream infections

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas S. Britt ◽  
Emily M. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Epidemiology ◽  
Bloodstream Infections ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
Enterococcus Casseliflavus ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Enterococcus Gallinarum

scholarly journals Bacteraemia associated with a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum strain harbouring both the vanA and vanC1 genes

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vânia Lúcia Carreira Merquior ◽  
Felipe Piedade Gonçalves Neves ◽  
Rachel Leite Ribeiro ◽  
Rafael Silva Duarte ◽  
Elizabeth de Andrade Marques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bloodstream Infection ◽  
Surgical Patient ◽  
Invasive Infection ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
First Report ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Enterococcus Gallinarum ◽  
High Level

A case of a post-surgical patient who developed a fatal bloodstream infection caused by high-level vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum is reported. The isolate was found to carry both the vanC1 and vanA genes. This is the first report of an invasive infection associated with a vanA E. gallinarum isolate in Brazil.

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