Open AccessFirst report of vaginal infection caused by Enterococcus raffinosus
Author(s) -
Vincenzo Savini,
Assunta Manna,
F. D’Antonio,
Marzia Talia,
Chiara Catavitello,
Andrea Balbinot,
Fabio Febbo,
Daniela Carlino,
Francesca Fioritoni,
Giovanni Di Bonaventura,
Domenico D’Antonio
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.47773-0
Subject(s) - enterococcus , vaginal infections , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , multiple drug resistance , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , opportunistic pathogen , medicine , antibiotics , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , obstetrics , pseudomonas aeruginosa , vancomycin , genetics
The authors have reported the first case of vaginal infection caused by Enterococcus raffinosus. The latter is a rarely identified species, but some of the infections described in the literature should direct some attention to this, often opportunistic pathogen, and its emerging multidrug resistance.
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