Bacteraemia associated with a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum strain harbouring both the vanA and vanC1 genes

J Med Microbiol. 2008 Feb;57(Pt 2):244-245. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47429-0.

Abstract

A case of a post-surgical patient who developed a fatal bloodstream infection caused by high-level vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum is reported. The isolate was found to carry both the vanC1 and vanA genes. This is the first report of an invasive infection associated with a vanA E. gallinarum isolate in Brazil.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Brazil
  • Enterococcus / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / genetics
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Vancomycin Resistance / genetics*

Substances

  • Vancomycin