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.

First Report of the Isolation of High-Level Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium from a Patient in Japan

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 2150-2150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naohisa Fujita ◽  
Koichi Tanimoto ◽  
Yasuyoshi Ike ◽  
Manabu Yoshimura ◽  
Toshiaki Komori
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
First Report ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
High Level
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