Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

Alexandre R Marra; Yvette Major; Michael B Edmond

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006

Central venous catheter colonization by linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May;44(5):1915-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006.

Authors

Alexandre R Marra¹, Yvette Major, Michael B Edmond

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acetamides / pharmacology*
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / etiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
Enterococcus faecalis / pathogenicity
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Linezolid
Male
Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
Vancomycin / pharmacology

Substances

Acetamides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Oxazolidinones
Vancomycin
Linezolid