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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2006, p. 1915-1916, Vol. 44, No. 5
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Central Venous Catheter Colonization by Linezolid-Resistant, Vancomycin-Susceptible Enterococcus faecalis

Alexandre R. Marra,* Yvette Major, and Michael B. Edmond*

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Received 2 August 2005/ Returned for modification 13 February 2006/ Accepted 23 February 2006

Resistance to linezolid is rare in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. A strain resistant to this antimicrobial but susceptible to vancomycin was found to cause central venous catheter colonization in a patient who never received linezolid.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 1201 East Marshall Street, A. D. Williams Clinic, 6th Fl., Rm. 6-602, P.O. Box 980019, Richmond, VA 23298. Phone: (804) 828-2121. Fax: (804) 828-2125. E-mail for A. R. Marra: a.marra{at}uol.com.br. E-mail for M. B. Edmond: medmond{at}mail2.vcu.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2006, p. 1915-1916, Vol. 44, No. 5
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.5.1915-1916.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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