title: Vancomycin resistant enterococcal sepsis in an acute myeloid leukemic patient.
abstract: Neutropenic fever is an important cause of morbidity and mortality during therapy of acute myeloid leukemia. Patients with acute myeloid leukemia are at increased risk of acquiring vancomycin resistant enterococcal infection and its treatment remains problematic. Vancomycin therapy for more than 7 days is usually associated with inducible vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections. We report a case of vancomycin resistant enterococcal sepsis in a patient of acute myeloid leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. abdulsattardr79@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sattar
authors.forename: Shahid Ahmed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: Irfan Ali
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Nasrullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Parvez
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faqir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016983:Enterococcus; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents