Journals / Türkiye Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi / 2013 / Cilt: 59 - Sayı: 3
The first case of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium ınfection in a rehabilitation unit
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- 264–267
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Abstract
Herein we report a case of urinary system infection and rectal colonization due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a patient with spinal cord injury. This is the first reported case of infection caused by this pathogen in this rehabilitation center. Two isolates were conferred high level vancomycin and teicoplanin resistance (MIC>256 mg/L) and were found to be susceptible to linezolid (MIC
Özet
Bu yazıda, spinal kord yaralanmalı bir hastada vankomisin dirençliEnterococcus faecium nedenli üriner sistem enfeksiyonu ve rektalkolonizasyon olgusu sunulmuştur. Rehabilitasyon merkezindeki bumikroorganizmanın neden olduğu ilk olgu olup, her iki izolatta vankomisinve teikoplanine yüksek düzey direnç gösterirken (MİK>256 mg/L),linezolid (MİK