Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolated from a septic patient: report of first isolates in Germany

E Halle; J Padberg; S Rosseau; I Klare; G Werner; W Witte

doi:10.1007/s15010-004-3009-0

Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolated from a septic patient: report of first isolates in Germany

Infection. 2004 Jun;32(3):182-3. doi: 10.1007/s15010-004-3009-0.

Authors

E Halle¹, J Padberg, S Rosseau, I Klare, G Werner, W Witte

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité Medical University, Berlin, D-10117 Berlin, Germany. elke.halle@charite.de

PMID: 15188081
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-004-3009-0

Abstract

Here we report the first German case of necrotizing pancreatitis, peritonitis, and septic shock caused by linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.

Copyright Urban and Vogel

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acetamides / pharmacology*
Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial* / genetics
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecalis / genetics
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecium / genetics
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Fatal Outcome
Female
Germany
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Linezolid
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / microbiology
Peritonitis / microbiology
Shock, Septic / microbiology*

Substances

Acetamides
Anti-Infective Agents
Oxazolidinones
Linezolid