title: Bacteraemia associated with a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum strain harbouring both the vanA and vanC1 genes.
abstract: A case of a post-surgical patient who developed a fatal bloodstream infection caused by high-level vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum is reported. The isolate was found to carry both the vanC1 and vanA genes. This is the first report of an invasive infection associated with a vanA E. gallinarum isolate in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vânia Lúcia Carreira
authors.initials: VLC
authors.lastname: Merquior
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe Piedade
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Gonçalves Neves
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rachel Leite
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Andrade Marques
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lúcia Martins
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014640:Vancomycin