Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis: Linezolid Failure and Strain Characterization of Virulence Factors | Zendy

Constantine Tsigrelis | Zendy; Kavindra V. Singh | Zendy; T D Coutinho | Zendy; Barbara E. Murray | Zendy; Larry M. Baddour | Zendy

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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis: Linezolid Failure and Strain Characterization of Virulence Factors

Author(s) -

Constantine Tsigrelis,

Kavindra V. Singh,

T D Coutinho,

Barbara E. Murray,

Larry M. Baddour

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.02188-06

Subject(s) - linezolid , enterococcus faecalis , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , vancomycin , endocarditis , enterococcus , strain (injury) , streptococcaceae , medicine , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics , gene

Infective endocarditis due to vancomycin-resistant (VR) Enterococcus faecalis has only rarely been reported. We report a case of VR E. faecalis endocarditis that failed to respond to linezolid therapy, outline the virulence traits of the isolate, and review previously published cases of VR E. faecalis endocarditis.

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