VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECIUM SEPSIS FOLLOWING PERSISTENTCOLONIZATION

Authors
NOSKIN GA COOPER I PETERSON LR
Citation
Ga. Noskin et al., VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS-FAECIUM SEPSIS FOLLOWING PERSISTENTCOLONIZATION, Archives of internal medicine, 155(13), 1995, pp. 1445-1447
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Archives of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039926
Volume
155
Issue
13
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1445 - 1447
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9926(1995)155:13<1445:VESFP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci have emerged as important nosocomial pathogens and represent a serious threat to patients with impaired hos t defenses. We describe a patient with leukemia who developed prolonge d colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and ulti mately died of sepsis due to this multidrug-resistant organism. This c ase report confirms that colonization with vancomycin-resistant entero cocci may last indefinitely and that asymptomatic carriage can lead to invasive infection.