Nosocomial Spread of Enterococcus faecium Resistant to Vancomycin and Linezolid in a Tertiary Care Medical Center | Zendy

Thomas Dobbs | Zendy; Mukesh Patel | Zendy; Ken B. Waites | Zendy; Stephen A. Moser | Zendy; Alan M. Stamm | Zendy; Craig Hoesley | Zendy

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Nosocomial Spread of Enterococcus faecium Resistant to Vancomycin and Linezolid in a Tertiary Care Medical Center

Author(s) -

Thomas Dobbs,

Mukesh Patel,

Ken B. Waites,

Stephen A. Moser,

Alan M. Stamm,

Craig Hoesley

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00850-06

Subject(s) - linezolid , enterococcus faecium , enterococcus , vancomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , outbreak , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , medicine , vancomycin resistant enterococci , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , virology , staphylococcus aureus , genetics

In May 2004 our institution encountered its first clinical isolate of linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (LRVRE). Between October 2004 and July 2005, 40 patients from whom LRVRE organisms were recovered in clinical specimens were characterized. Epidemiologic investigation and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns indicated a clonal outbreak related to nosocomial spread.

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