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Virulence and resistance pattern of a novel sequence type of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium identified by whole-genome sequencing.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Sept 2016
do Prado Gladys Villas Boas, Marchi Ana Paula, Moreno Luisa Zanolli, Rizek Camila, Amigo Ulisses, Moreno Andrea Micke, Rossi Flavia, Guimaraes Thais, Levin Anna Sara, Costa Silvia F
Abstract excerpt
Empirical use of linezolid has been advocated in neutropenic febrile patients colonised by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) because of the risk of bloodstream infection (BSI). This study aimed to genetically describe a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) BSI isolate resistant to linezolid (VRLRE) in a patient previously colonised by VREfm and to determine the incidence of colonisation and...
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