Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecium can easily be obscured

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2017 Dec;50(6):926-927. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.08.007. Epub 2016 Dec 18.

Authors

Shu-Fang Kuo¹, Shiao-Ping Huang², Chen-Hsiang Lee³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: lee900@cgmh.org.tw.

PMID: 28065416
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.08.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecium / genetics
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Enterococcus faecium / pathogenicity*
Female
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pneumonia / microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
Pseudomonas aeruginosa / pathogenicity
Shock, Septic / microbiology
Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
Urine / microbiology
Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin