title: Linezolid-resistant E. faecium isolated from an open joint fracture: a report of the first isolate from Italy?
abstract: This report describes the isolation of a linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium and a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from an infected open patella fracture after a car accident in southern Italy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Berit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klare
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strommenger
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Ingo B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Autenrieth
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bahrs
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heeg
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borgmann
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D000069349:Linezolid; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid