[A case of lymphocyst infection caused by vanB type VRE].
A case of post-operative abdominal lymphocyst infection caused by vanB type vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) in reported. A 27-year-old female was diagnosed as pregnancy with uterine cervical carcinoma and underwent Cesarean section and radical hysterectomy. After discharge, she developed a high fever which was diagnosed as a lymphocyst infection. Microbiological examination demonstrated the presence of vanB type VRE in the cyst fluid. Cyst cleaning and minocyclin injection were effective. This is the first case of VRE infection in Japan.
Imafuku
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Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University.
Yoshida
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Sato
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Yamada
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Sato
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Hiramatsu
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K
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008196:Lymph; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin