Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: First Case in Brazil.
We report a fatal case of septicemia due to a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a 9 year old girl with aplastic anemia. The isolate was also resistant to ampicillin, teicoplanin, gentamicin (high level), and streptomycin (high level). We believe that this is the first case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) reported from a clinical specimen in Brazil.
Dalla Costa LM
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Pediatric Department,Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Souza
DC
Martins
LT
Zanella
RC
Brandilone
MC
Bokermann
S
Sader
HS
Souza
HA