Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis.
Resistance to linezolid is rare in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. A strain resistant to this antimicrobial but susceptible to vancomycin was found to cause central venous catheter colonization in a patient who never received linezolid.
Marra
Alexandre R
AR
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. a.marra@uol.com.br
Major
Yvette
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Edmond
Michael B
MB