Recovery of resistant enterococci during vancomycin prophylaxis.
We report a case of a patient undergoing hemodialysis who developed a wound infection and subsequently bacteremia with a strain of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus identified as Enterococcus gallinarum. He had been receiving vancomycin prophylaxis before developing these infections. Both isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, rifampin, teicoplanin, and daptomycin (LY146032).
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Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27514.
Gilligan
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Facklam
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D000368:Aged; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011292:Premedication; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014640:Vancomycin