Recovery of resistant enterococci during vancomycin prophylaxis

J Clin Microbiol. 1988 Jun;26(6):1216-8. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.6.1216-1218.1988.

Abstract

We report a case of a patient undergoing hemodialysis who developed a wound infection and subsequently bacteremia with a strain of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus identified as Enterococcus gallinarum. He had been receiving vancomycin prophylaxis before developing these infections. Both isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, rifampin, teicoplanin, and daptomycin (LY146032).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Premedication
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Streptococcus / drug effects
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Vancomycin