Abstract
Recently vancomycin-resistant and sporadically linezolid-resistant Enterococcus species have been described in adults. We report what we believe to be the first case of a child with prolonged bone marrow aplasia following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation developing a fatal sepsis caused by Enterococcus faecium resistant to glycopeptides and linezolid.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
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Child
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
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Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
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Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
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Humans
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Sepsis / microbiology
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beta-Thalassemia / therapy*