Linezolid-resistant E. faecium isolated from an open joint fracture: a report of the first isolate from Italy?
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.
Schulte
Berit
B
Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Klare
Ingo
I
Strommenger
Birgit
B
Werner
Guido
G
Autenrieth
Ingo B
IB
Bahrs
Christian
C
Heeg
Peter
P
Borgmann
Stefan
S
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
D000081:Acetamides; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D000069349:Linezolid